post house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of post house
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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And we also do all the post-production at my post house in Brooklyn, and my partner edits the show.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
Ursula crossed the town, entered the post house and went into Zelie's old room, where the spectre showed her Minoret unfolding the letters, reading them and burning them.
From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
They slept at the post house there, Dick and Surajah having removed their scarves and emblems of rank, as soon as they passed the frontier, in order to escape all inquiries.
From The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The word has persisted, and is still used throughout the Inca country, to describe a post house on a highroad.
From The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure by Breckenridge, Gerald
But valuable as the post house system was in the early period of the country's growth, it soon had to yield to a higher class of travelling facility.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
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