post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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Is the post office open on Memorial Day 2024?
Nope.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 May 2024
Late in the evening of June 12, 1924 – also the day former president George H.W. Bush was born – two bandits climbed into the engine tender of a railway post office train, forcing the engineer to stop the line near Rondout.
—Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
The man, who worked at a post office in Greece, New York, faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and up to 40 years in prison, as well as a $5 million fine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York said in an April 23 news release.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
That day, the indictment alleges, the crew also hit a post office in West Hills.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 May 2024
Late in the evening of June 12, 1924 – also the day former president George H.W. Bush was born – two bandits climbed into the engine tender of a railway post office train, forcing the engineer to stop the line near Rondout.
—Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
The man, who worked at a post office in Greece, New York, faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and up to 40 years in prison, as well as a $5 million fine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York said in an April 23 news release.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
That day, the indictment alleges, the crew also hit a post office in West Hills.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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