post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 2 June 2026
Until then, dog owners may have to pick up their mail themselves from their local post office.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 June 2026
It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
On September 22, 1858, a post office was established with Abihu Arnn as its first postmaster.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 2 June 2026
Until then, dog owners may have to pick up their mail themselves from their local post office.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 June 2026
It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
On September 22, 1858, a post office was established with Abihu Arnn as its first postmaster.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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