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单词 cross-post
释义 ˈcross-post Obs.
[cross- 5.]
The post which carried letters on cross-country routes.
[1720Lond. Gaz. 16 Apr., General Post-Office, London, April 12, 1720..His Majesty's Attorney-General, having granted to Ralph Allen..a Farm of all the Bye-Way or Cross-Road Letters throughout England.]1750Coventry Pompey Litt. ii. iii. (1785) 52/1 All the tramantanes that come by the cross-post.1880L. Stephen Pope 146 Allen, who had made a large fortune by farming the cross⁓posts.
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