POST OFFICE Definition & Meaning

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post office

[ pohst aw-fis, of-is ]

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an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered. : PO, P.O.
Often Post Office. the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail.
an old-fashioned game in which one player is designated “postmaster” or “postmistress” and calls another player of a different gender into an adjoining room, ostensibly to receive a letter but actually to receive a kiss.

Post Office

a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications

post office

a building or room where postage stamps are sold and other postal business is conducted

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First recorded in 1645–55

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It also began censorship of what white people could read, breaking into post offices, looting newspapers and burning them in the town square.

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The closure of the Selkirk's banks and main post office has left the historic market town with only one external cash machine.

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People can order online or drop into the area's pop-up post office that is open in the lead up to 14 February.

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Davis has already returned to his favorite spots in Altadena to paint their remains: the post office, the hardware store.

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“That’s our grocery store,” he said, focusing on the pillars of black smoke before panning to the rubble of the post office across the street.

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