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
Official inquiry was made; but as it was not known who sent the message, or to what address, or from what post town, or even the wording of the message, official information was not forthcoming.
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
It was therefore necessary to call this post town Osceola Mills, a distinction that correspondents and postmasters are not always careful to note.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
We followed the high road to the post town to which I had been conveyed, and I determined to pull up at Mrs M'Shane's, for I was so exhausted that I could go no further.
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick
A messenger was therefore despatched to the post town to inquire for such, but none were there.
From The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale by Unknown
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