post house
- a house or inn keeping post horses.
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Origin of post house
First recorded in 1625–35
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Historical Examples of post house
He left his carriage and servants at a post-house some miles distant.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
It was late in the evening when a britzska stopped at the post-house at Coblentz.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
On this the Mayor and several of the Corporation hurried to the post-house.
Roger WilloughbyWilliam H. G. Kingston
When the day was broad, he begged her to descend at the post-house of a village.
Browning's HeroinesEthel Colburn Mayne
I will now put an end to my letter, and give it into the post-house myself.
The Journal to StellaJonathan Swift
post house
- (formerly) a house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers
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