POST OFFICE
NOUNS
► HYPO a highway post office → 1970 US postal employees’ sl. (Bk.)
► LETTER-HOUSE a post office → 1832 Eng. dial.
► LETTER-OFFICE a post office → 1689
► O.B. ► OBEY ► OBIE a post office → 1925 Amer. criminal sl.
► OFFICE a post office → 1858 Amer. dial.
► PO a post office → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► REPUBLIC OF LETTERS the post office → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► EAR-BITER a special agent of the US Post Office Department → 1855 US Post Office usage
► FACER in a post-office: an employee whose business is to arrange letters with their faces in one direction → 1850
► ZOMBIE a graveyard shift postal worker → 1997 sl. (Bk.)
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