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  • 1Post-Office box — noun a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for • Syn: ↑PO Box, ↑POB, ↑call box, ↑letter box • Hypernyms: ↑compartment * * * noun : a rented compartment in a post office for the keeping of mail that is not to be de …

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  • 2Union Bay Post Office — The Union Bay Post Office in the community of Union Bay, British Columbia, Canada, was built in 1913 and is one of only two old wooden post offices left in Canada. The main floor of the building is still used by Canada Post to serve the Union Bay …

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  • 3post-office box — /ˈpoʊst ɒfəs bɒks/ (say pohst ofuhs boks) noun 1. (in a post office) a numbered compartment into which letters addressed to a particular individual or firm are put until called for. Abbrev.: PO Box 2. Electricity a portable type of Wheatstone… …

  • 4post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbr.: POB, P.O.B. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 5Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig — (today Gdańsk) Part of the Invasion of Poland …

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  • 6United States Post Office and Court House (Davenport, Iowa) — United States Post Office and Court House U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 7U.S. Post Office (Belvidere, Illinois) — Infobox nrhp name = Belvidere U.S. Post Office nrhp type = caption = lat degrees = lat minutes = lat seconds = lat direction = long degrees = long minutes = long seconds = long direction = location = Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, USA nearest …

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  • 8post — I. n. 1. Pillar, column, support. 2. Station, position, seat. 3. Office, employment, place, situation, station. 4. Messenger, intelligencer, mercury. 5. Postman, courier, letter carrier, express, mail carrier. 6. Mail. 7. Speed …

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  • 9Terminal Railway Post Office — Terminal railway post offices were sorting facilities which were established by the Railway Mail Service to speed the distribution of parcel post. These offices were usually located in or near railroad stations in major cities or junction points …

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  • 10Christmas in the post-War United States — New Orleans department store Santa Claus, 1954 Christmas in the United States during the post War years (1946–1964) reflected a period of peace, productivity, and prosperity. Americans staged sumptuous Christmases and enjoyed a variety of holiday …

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