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penny post
noun
- (formerly) any of various postal systems delivering mail for a penny a letter.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of penny post1
First recorded in 1670–80
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Example Sentences
Send out your invitations by a servant, or man hired for the purpose; do not trust them to despatch or penny post.
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There was also a penny post, first set up in London by a private person.
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It is a matter of common remark that the epistolary art has been killed by the penny post, not to speak of post-cards.
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I have not seen your mother yet; my penny-post letter, I suppose, miscarried: I will write another.
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It is interesting to connect the name of our philosopher with a great institution such as the establishment of the penny post.
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