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Definition of Post office

1. Noun. A local branch where postal services are available.

2. Noun. An independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States.

3. Noun. A children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters.

Definition of Post office

1. n. See under 4th Post.

Definition of Post office

1. Noun. A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc. ¹

2. Noun. An organisation that delivers letters (for example, Canada Post, Royal Mail, United States Postal Service). ¹

3. Noun. (North America) A children's game. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Post Office

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Literary usage of Post office

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"Philadelphia Post-Office. File 2320. During the early part of Postmaster Hicks's administration the public journals of Philadelphia questioned the legality ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"6635, between the post-office at New York city and the railroad stations and steam-ship landings in said city, including transfers between stations, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The system of telephonic intercommunication is therefore now being extended partly through the agencies of companies and partly by the post-office. ..."

4. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Opposite to the General post office East stands the GENERAL post office WEST, ... The vast and ever-growing business of the General post office ..."

5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"THE General Post-Office of the United States of America and the June 18, ШТ. General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ..."

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