| 单词 | post office packet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost office packet post office packet n. now historical a packet-boat carrying mail for the Post Office. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat post-boat1582 post-bark1599 post1600 post packet1634 packet-boat1642 packeta1670 post office packet1780 packet-ship1782 packet-bark1806 packet steamer1842 sailing-packet1842 mailboat1895 multipacket1965 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > vessel post-boat1582 post packet1634 post office packet1780 mailboat1786 mail steamer1843 mailer1857 mail ship1891 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 342 It is much to be wished, that there were some means of being secure of packets sailing regularly..; with the post-office packets there is this satisfaction. 1855 C. Dickens Holly-tree Inn: Guest in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No. 1/2 The Post-office packet for the United States was to depart from Liverpool. 2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 23 July 10 The second was built at Chatham in 1833 as a Post Office packet called Gulnare... She was a 360 ton, 130hp paddle steamer, armed with three guns. < as lemmas |
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