| 释义 |
ˈpost-night
[f. post n.2 + night.]
A night on which letters are dispatched; a mail night.
1657Burton's Diary (1828) I. 322, I am much troubled that a post-night should pass, before you come to a resolution in this business. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2121/4 There goes a Post every Monday Night (besides the General Post-Nights) from the General Post-Office in London, to Lewis in Sussex. 1758in Howell State Trials (1813) XIX. 1369, I have often received from the prisoner at the bar letters of a post-night to carry to the office in Lombard-street. |