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Stationery Office

British  

noun

  1. (in the UK) the company that supplies the civil service with all its office supplies, machinery, printing and binding, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Another company that specializes in copying the crown jewels provided crowns, tiaras and jewelry, based on descriptions in a book issued by the royal Stationery Office.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2019

Anyone wanting to buy a copy will have to pay £767 and contact The Stationery Office, the private firm which has printed the document.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2016

He sought easier occupations, but his apprenticeship to a cheesemonger resulted in failure, as did a job as an errand boy at Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2012

We started when there were two heavy-hitting centralised buyers, Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Property Services Agency.

From The Guardian Oct. 11, 2010

His Majesty's Stationery Office sells it to all comers by weight at the very reasonable price of three- and-threepence a copy.

From The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by Shaw, Bernard

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