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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The natural springs have long been known as Berkeley Springs, and when the post office needed to distinguish between two Baths in Virginia—West Virginia didn’t become a state until 1863—the town decided to more formally adopt the springs’ name.
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Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
The Salty Dawg Saloon — Homer, Alaska Located in a cabin at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula in scenic Kachemak Bay, the Salty Dawg was built in 1897 and has served as a post office, railroad station, grocery store and coal mining office, according to the saloon’s website.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Are banks, post offices, and shipping services open on Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Edith Rivera works nights at the post office.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
The Salty Dawg Saloon — Homer, Alaska Located in a cabin at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula in scenic Kachemak Bay, the Salty Dawg was built in 1897 and has served as a post office, railroad station, grocery store and coal mining office, according to the saloon’s website.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Are banks, post offices, and shipping services open on Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day?
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Edith Rivera works nights at the post office.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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