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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No mail from the U.S. Postal Service will be delivered on Presidents Day and post offices will be closed on Monday.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
The note makes its way to the desk of Jasper, a seasoned ‘dead letter’ investigator at a 1980s midwestern post office.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
The post office has new stamp designs for the St. Louis World’s Fair.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
In Italy, meals can take hours, trains can be late, and tedious chores like post office runs or doctor’s visits can seemingly take forever.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
The note makes its way to the desk of Jasper, a seasoned ‘dead letter’ investigator at a 1980s midwestern post office.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
The post office has new stamp designs for the St. Louis World’s Fair.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
In Italy, meals can take hours, trains can be late, and tedious chores like post office runs or doctor’s visits can seemingly take forever.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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