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Definition of Post-office box
1. Noun. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
Definition of Post-office box
1. Noun. A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Post-office Box
Literary usage of Post-office box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Experiments in Physics, Laboratory Instruction for College Classes by Joseph Sweetman Ames, William Julian Albert Bliss (1898)
"A " post-office box " is a plug resistance- box with the coils arranged in a
particular way, and having binding-posts at points A, B, C, \Q {f~-? ..."
2. Sessional Papersby Canada Parliament by Canada Parliament (1901)
"Contingencies: cleaning office, 83 70 ; coal oil, $3.11; postage, 8100; post
office box rent, 82.50 ; rent of office, 875 ; rent of boat-house, ..."
3. Annual Report (1905)
"post-office box 839, NY city. FD UNDERWOOD ........ President .............
Poet-office Box ... post-office box 839, NY dty. Directors of the Company. Name. ..."
4. Schools and Drugs: A Guide to Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Curricula (1993)
"Attorney General's Office Crime Prevention Center, Suite 100 Post Office Box
944255 Sacramento, California 94244-2550 (916)324-7863 Department of Alcohol ..."
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