post town
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Lujan Grisham cordoned off for 10 days the trading post town of Gallup, where infections raced through a detox center, retirement homes and the staff at Rehoboth McKinley Hospital.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
At Phalsbourg, a garrison and post town, there must be some reliable news.
From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Alexandre Chatrian
It was no post town: but we could not pass such an ecclesiastical edifice without examining it with attention.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
"Confound you—you must know!—the posting village, you know—that is, not the post town, if you know what a post town is."
From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Samuel Lover
Gross Laufingen has seen more stirring times than at present: it was a thriving post town once, a halting-place for all the diligences.
From The Giant's Robe by F. Anstey
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