post office

noun

Definition of post office

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 downtown business community counted on having a post office downtown, especially the attorneys, said Michael Liss, a lawyer and president of the Downtown Boca Raton Business Alliance. — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Boca Raton's downtown post office won't move after all," 5 July 2018 Over time, the museum expanded, other buildings were donated, and replica buildings were built, including a post office and an outhouse. — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Explore Florida's Hardee County: Where Cracker history finds a home," 6 May 2018 Two days later, 29-year-old New York City post office clerk Charles Kaplan read about the Hanson and Hardwick incidents during his subway ride home to the Bronx. — David Pietrusza, WSJ, "Bombs in the Mail Bring Echoes of Anarchism," 2 Nov. 2018 Stewart said many people still rely on post offices boxes to get their mail. — James Macpherson, The Seattle Times, "North Dakota officials tell tribes of election requirements," 1 Oct. 2018 Technically, the Burberry show took place in a post office warehouse in London, but within the expansive space, the brand erected the poshest set possible. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "10 Key Things to Know From Riccardo Tisci’s 134-Look Burberry Debut," 17 Sep. 2018 Police in neighboring Bronxville say mail was recently stolen from the deposit slot in the post office lobby. — Fox News, "Mail thefts of about $660K plague New York county," 1 June 2018 SUBSCRIBE TODAY Miami chapter of the American Institute of Architects, previously based inside the renovated 1912 post office building downtown, led walking tours of downtown Miami architecture. — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, "They spent $300K to renovate a historic building. Now they're out and a brewery is in. | Miami Herald," 22 May 2018 It was suggested that Mindel might have been singled out because post office officials were upset by his unfettered hairstyle. — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, "Wayback Machine: A flush of excitement over high-tech toilets in 1993," 17 May 2018

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