post office
noun
an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
(often initial capital letter) the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail.
a game in which one player is designated “postmaster” or “postmistress” and calls another player of the opposite sex into an adjoining room, ostensibly to receive a letter but actually to receive a kiss.
Origin of post office
First recorded in 1625–35
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Contemporary Examples of post office
Instead, the chamber found time to rename 60 post-office branches and attempted to repeal the health-care law for the 33rd time.
Historical Examples of post office
He walked down to the post-office, and brought back a letter from the West.
The Little ColonelAnnie Fellows Johnston
He made a negro an assistant in a post-office where—think of it!
American NotesRudyard Kipling
"No, we 'ain't been so fur's the post-office," answered Mirandy, absently.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
Have the post-office people had news of the loss sent to them?
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
"The post-office must be to blame for this," observed Mr. Channing.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
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