Post-office
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Post-office is a noun meaning Dated form of post office.
Meaning
Dated form of post office.
Example Sentences
The post-office is in New South Wales, and the police-barracks in Bananaland.
Outside the door were a bed of fennel — meeting seed — and some rose bushes. Close by was the country store and post-office.
For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.
An embezzlement of government money to the extent of about Rs. 2,000 was discovered some time ago in the post-office here, between the baboo, mutsuddy and mohurrer.
Word Forms
- post-offices
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include postmaster, postbox, posthouse, postal, postmark, postman.
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