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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Most local banks, post offices, libraries, and government buildings will be closed on Thursday for the holiday.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Roads, phone booths, post offices, small hotels, bars.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
The building’s main entry is onto a parking lot in what’s known as the Roosevelt Center, just south of the downtown post office.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
Are post offices open on Thanksgiving in Fort Worth?
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Roads, phone booths, post offices, small hotels, bars.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
The building’s main entry is onto a parking lot in what’s known as the Roosevelt Center, just south of the downtown post office.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
Are post offices open on Thanksgiving in Fort Worth?
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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