- a variation of post office box.
P.O. box
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of P.O. box
First recorded in 1845–50, for an earlier sense
Example Sentences
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You can find, reserve and apply for a P.O. box online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
But P.&I.D.’s legal address was a P.O. box on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Court documents filed Tuesday in Hampton County Common Pleas Court provide more insight into how Alex Murdaugh allegedly embezzled millions from Satterfield’s sons using a P.O. box.
From Fox News ● Oct. 7, 2021
Which is just kind of funny coming from the former senator from Delaware of all places, which as we all know is a glorified corporate P.O. box with an Amtrak stop.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2021
They had a registered letter sent to the P.O. box listed under Miller’s name, then they nabbed Morrison when he went to retrieve it.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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