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post office box
or post-of·fice box
[ pohst-aw-fis boks, of-is ]
noun
- a small, locked compartment, usually in a post office, into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. : POB, P.O.B.
post office box
noun
- a private numbered place in a post office, in which letters received are kept until called for
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Word History and Origins
Origin of post office box1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Example Sentences
If any one of you knows some other experiment, I should be ever so glad to see it in the Post-office Box.
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I am the lame boy whose letters you printed in the Post-office Box last winter.
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A reply to your other question was given in Post-office Box No. 88.
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I like the Post-office Box better than any other part of the paper.
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I love to hear from the little letter-writers in our Post-office Box.
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