| 单词 | pigeon post |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspigeon post pigeon post n. now chiefly historical a postal system using homing pigeons to convey letters, dispatches, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service > conveyance of mail by pigeon pigeon post1819 1819 Times 19 July 2/5 Last year several gentlemen conceived the project of establishing a pigeon post between France and England. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 661/2 Photographing forts and positions of troops, and sending the films by means of pigeon-post to be developed and printed at headquarters. 1975 Times 15 Mar. 14/7 It will cost 7p to have a first-class letter delivered... To set up a pigeon post is remarkably cheap and easy. 1990 Stamp Monthly Mar. 31/1 The message of victory in the Battle of Waterloo was sent from Waterloo to London by pigeon post. < as lemmas |
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