单词 | letter post |
释义 | > as lemmasletter post letter post n. a person who or vehicle which carries letters; a postal service for letters; also as adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service printed paper1553 letter post1660 penny post1680 general post1687 parcel post1790 penny postage1798 twopenny post1811 twopenny1818 printed matter1836 parcel delivery1837 bangy1842 book post1848 special delivery1865 V.P.P.1888 express delivery1891 rural free delivery1891 certified mail1955 recorded delivery1960 Mailgram1969 freepost1970 1660 C. Hoole tr. Cicero in Centuria Epist. Anglo-Lat. sig. A2v I would have you dispatch the Letter-posts back again with all speed. 1753 World 8 Nov. 274 All Posts of honour, Posts in war, letter Posts, and Post the latin preposition, though they spell their names in the same manner, are of a quite different family. 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. 336 The letter-post still goes from this port along the north-west coast to San Francisco. 1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 286 Between Thessalonica and Athens..there was not..any established letter-post. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Let. 9 July (1962) II. 1163 If I seal them letter-post they may hold them and make more fuss. 1996 Which? Guide to starting your own Business (new ed.) xv. 216 Goods sent by letter post within the European Union no longer need customs declarations. < as lemmas |
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