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
Examples of post office in a Sentence
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The Sanquhar Post Office has held the Guinness World Record for the oldest working post office since 2009.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Kamm operated a general store and later a post office in a building at the corner of Lorain Avenue and Rocky River Drive.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
Pig, for example, has very little to do with hogs and a lot to do with the frustration around naming the community’s now-defunct post office in Edmonson County.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
Recommended Cooperation Amid quake’s destruction, spirit of unity lives on in this Turkish city
Thus, El Progreso became Uvalde’s unofficial post office.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
The next two digits in the sequence reflect the code of a central post office facility in the intended region, while the final two digits correspond to a smaller post office or postal zone even closer to the final address.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 8 Aug. 2023
In a text message late Tuesday night, Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch said the county picked up around 4,000 ballots from drop boxes and anticipated getting roughly another 1,000 ballots from the post office Wednesday morning.
—Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
Andy: To the folks yelling at workers at the post office, or any person working in a public space: please stop!
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
Authorities then got a call from the post office saying that the subject was inside.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2023
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Kamm operated a general store and later a post office in a building at the corner of Lorain Avenue and Rocky River Drive.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
Pig, for example, has very little to do with hogs and a lot to do with the frustration around naming the community’s now-defunct post office in Edmonson County.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
Recommended Cooperation Amid quake’s destruction, spirit of unity lives on in this Turkish city
Thus, El Progreso became Uvalde’s unofficial post office.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
The next two digits in the sequence reflect the code of a central post office facility in the intended region, while the final two digits correspond to a smaller post office or postal zone even closer to the final address.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 8 Aug. 2023
In a text message late Tuesday night, Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch said the county picked up around 4,000 ballots from drop boxes and anticipated getting roughly another 1,000 ballots from the post office Wednesday morning.
—Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
Andy: To the folks yelling at workers at the post office, or any person working in a public space: please stop!
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
Authorities then got a call from the post office saying that the subject was inside.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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post office
noun1
2
: a local branch of the postal service handling the mail for a particular place
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