| 单词 | alphabet keeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalphabet keeper alphabet keeper n. now historical and rare (in Britain and Ireland) an employee responsible for letters kept at the post office until collected by the addressee. ΚΠ 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) iii. 704 Alphabet-Keeper, Ashburnham Frowde, Esquire, 100l. per Annum. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 295 In the foreign office, there is also a comptroller, and an alphabet keeper. 1810 9th Rep. Commissioners Fees in Public Offices Ireland in Rep. Commissioners (Ireland) X. 9 Should any Dead Letter be claimed, and the postage paid to the Dead Letter Office..the amount is entered in a book and paid to the Alphabet-keeper. 1912 J. C. Hemmeon Hist. Brit. Post Office ii. 38 The window-man and alphabet-keeper received the money on prepaid letters and posted lists of those for whom letters had arrived. 2009 S. Whyman Pen & People ii. 50 Customers approached two windows, where a clerk and an alphabet keeper sorted London letters into pigeonholes. < as lemmas |
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