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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Cole quit her job at the post office when Skai was young, choosing to support her daughter’s passion by becoming her manager.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
All post office locations will be closed for the federal holiday.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024
Still, there is a pathos to a closed school that doesn’t apply to a shuttered courthouse or post office.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
The earliest post office in town, the third in Independence County, was established in 1834, with Thomas Todd Tunstall serving as postmaster.
—arkansasonline.com, 17 Aug. 2024
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
All post office locations will be closed for the federal holiday.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024
Still, there is a pathos to a closed school that doesn’t apply to a shuttered courthouse or post office.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
The earliest post office in town, the third in Independence County, was established in 1834, with Thomas Todd Tunstall serving as postmaster.
—arkansasonline.com, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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