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ˈpost-town
[f. post n.2 + town.]
1. A town having a (head) post office, or one that is not merely a sub-office of another. Also, a town with its own postcode.
1635Proclamation in Rymer Fœdera (1732) XIX. 649/2 To take with them all such Letters as shall be directed to any Post-Town, or any Place near any Post-Town in the said Road. 1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1761/4 All persons concerned are desired to insert at the bottom of their Letters the Post-Town nearest to the place their Letters are directed, for their speedy Conveyance. 1835Marryat Pacha v, We were about five miles from any post-town. 1889Repentance P. Wentworth III. 5, I walked over to the post-town for the second post. 1973Guardian 7 Feb. 1/1 The Post Office will recognise Milton Keynes as a separate post town on Monday.
2. A town at which post-horses are kept. ? Obs.
1792G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. ii. 54 During the necessary delay at some post-town, our contemplative parson rambled about after a bookseller's shop. 1838Murray's Hand-bk. N. Germ. 252/1 Below Rheinfels lies the post-town of St. Goar.
So post-township (U.S.): see township.
1837Pop. Encycl. V. 304/1 Onondaga; a post-township and capital of Onandaga county, New York. |