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post house

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noun

a house or inn keeping post horses.

Origin of post house

First recorded in 1625–35

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Examples from the Web for post house

Historical Examples of post house

He left his carriage and servants at a post-house some miles distant.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
It was late in the evening when a britzska stopped at the post-house at Coblentz.
Vivian Grey
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
On this the Mayor and several of the Corporation hurried to the post-house.
Roger Willoughby
William H. G. Kingston
When the day was broad, he begged her to descend at the post-house of a village.
Browning's Heroines
Ethel Colburn Mayne
I will now put an end to my letter, and give it into the post-house myself.
The Journal to Stella
Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for post house

post house

noun

(formerly) a house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers

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