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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
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Post
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When she reached home she found that the post had
brought her a letter ...
Is "post" here a "postman"?
When she reached home she found that the post had
brought her a letter ...
Is "post" here a "postman"?
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Hi, I checked but I'm yet to find a dictionary entry which would list post meaning that. No, it most probably refers to the post office or the mail service itself.
- Hi, I checked but I'm yet to find a dictionary entry which would list post meaning that.
- No, it most probably refers to the post office or the mail service itself.
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Hi,
I checked but I'm yet to find a dictionary entry which would list post meaning that.
No, it most probably refers to the post office or the mail service itself.
I checked but I'm yet to find a dictionary entry which would list post meaning that.
No, it most probably refers to the post office or the mail service itself.
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Hi,
It refers more to 'the postal service'. It's a rather old-fashioned expression, at least here in Canada.
Clive
It refers more to 'the postal service'. It's a rather old-fashioned expression, at least here in Canada.
Clive
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Greetings,
you are right, Newguest: 'post' in that excerpt roughly means 'postman', although the word is somewhat obsolete. A post is one of the men stationed or appointed in a series of places along a through road to go each from his station to the next with the state packet of dispatches and letters (it is in this sense that the word is outdated); a post could also be a specia
you are right, Newguest: 'post' in that excerpt roughly means 'postman', although the word is somewhat obsolete. A post is one of the men stationed or appointed in a series of places along a through road to go each from his station to the next with the state packet of dispatches and letters (it is in this sense that the word is outdated); a post could also be a specia
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