单词 | postless |
释义 | postlessadj. Without a postal service. ΚΠ 1839 S. Smith Third Let. to Archdeacon Singleton 9 In the most roadless, postless, melancholy..hamlet. 1885 Mrs. Innes in Athenæum 12 Dec. 764 A return to our..doctorless, bookless, milkless, postless, and altogether comfortless jungle. 1924 R. Kipling in Debits & Credits (1926) 231 On peaceful, postless Sabbaths I consider Weighty Things. 1934 Times 4 Aug. 6/4 There is..no delivery of letters; 46 hours on end every week postless! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1839 |
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