penny postn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛnɪ ˈpəʊst/, U.S.

/ˌpɛni ˈpoʊst/

Forms: see penny n. and post n.² Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., post n.²

Etymology: < penny n. + post n.² (see below).

Now historical.

In Britain and its colonies: a system for carrying letters and packets for a charge of a penny each, originally established c1680 for the City of London and a 10 mile radius beyond; (in later use) spec. the system devised by Rowland Hill (1795–1879) and introduced into Britain at the beginning of 1840. Also: (U.S.) the postal service established by the Continental Congress in 1775, which came to replace the colonial system; an agent or officer of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service

printed paper1553

letter post1660

penny post1680

general post1687

parcel post1790

penny postage1798

twopenny post1811

twopenny1818

printed matter1836

parcel delivery1837

bangy1842

book post1848

special delivery1865

V.P.P.1888

express delivery1891

rural free delivery1891

certified mail1955

recorded delivery1960

Mailgram1969

freepost1970

1680 J. Stokes Let. 3 July in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1902) 10 332 My note came..by the peny post, y^t is a post office, w:^ch for a peny wee cann have a letter carryed to any part of the citty.

1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 244 Mr. Do[ck]wray and partners, the inventers of the penny post here in London, are putt down..but..the duke hath thought fitt to sett it up again, and 'tis manadged by the cheif postmaster of the generall post office.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Penny-Post, a Post-Office that conveys Letters and Packets under a Pound~weight, paying one Penny for each to all Parts of the City of London, and ten Miles round about.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 457. ¶1 Proposals for a printed News-Paper, that should take in the whole Circle of the Penny-Post.

1753 in E. Singleton Social N.Y. under Georges 38 And all letters for persons living in town that remain uncalled for on post nights, will on Monday morning be sent out by a penny post provided for that purpose.

1794 Gentleman's Mag. 64 ii. 666 The extension of the penny-post hither [to Enfield] took place [on June 23].

1855 J. Holbrook Ten years among Mail Bags 103 I consulted one of the Brooklyn penny-posts, whose beat took in Pat's residence.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxviii. 342 The penny post was one of the few things that came without being long called for.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Let. to W. C. Bennett 22 Oct. Believe me, tho penny-post maddened, yours ever, A. Tennyson.

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xii. 174 She..went about the house leaving letters and parcels like the penny post.

1904 Daily Chron. 9 Jan. 5/1 To-morrow is the sixty-fourth birthday of the Penny Post, inaugurated January 10, 1840.

1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 46 A private penny post was established in Edinburgh in 1774.

1996 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1995 28/2 Once the reform bill for the Penny Post had been passed various methods for prepayment had to be considered.

Compounds

General attributive, as penny-post letter, etc.

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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance

post-letter1648

ship-letterc1675

by-letter1685

penny-post letter1686

way letter1710

by-night1766

cross-letter1789

twopenny1818

box letter1827

non-paid1829

balloon-letter1870

pigeongram1875

railway letter1891

pneumatogram1894

airmail1918

aerogram1919

airgram1919

air letter1920

pneumatique1924

pneu1926

snail mail1929

aerogramme1934

airgraph1941

1686 London Gaz. No. 2188/4 The General Penny-Post Office is removed from Crosby-House..to Star-Court..in Cornhill.

1688 E. Ashmole Let. in Mem. (1717) 97 Which the Civility of a Penny-Post Letter would have cleared and prevented.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 358 [Busy bodies] have their stages about the town as regular as a penny postman.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 262 The penny postman finds no perplexity in his walks to any part of it [i.e. London].

1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 774 I wish you immediately to write a penny post letter to Stuart.

1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 5 81 If his wife were to run off with the penny-postman next St. Valentine's Day.

1865 E. C. Gaskell Cousin Phillis iv. 116 The penny-post reform, as people call it, had come into operation a short time before.

2003 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 4 July 76 The letter is also special because of the drawings..by the Irish artist William Mulready, who designed the first penny post envelope.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penny post
释义	penny postn. Brit. /ˌpɛnɪ ˈpəʊst/, U.S. /ˌpɛni ˈpoʊst/ Forms: see penny n. and post n.² Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., post n.² Etymology: < penny n. + post n.² (see below). Now historical. In Britain and its colonies: a system for carrying letters and packets for a charge of a penny each, originally established c1680 for the City of London and a 10 mile radius beyond; (in later use) spec. the system devised by Rowland Hill (1795–1879) and introduced into Britain at the beginning of 1840. Also: (U.S.) the postal service established by the Continental Congress in 1775, which came to replace the colonial system; an agent or officer of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service printed paper1553 letter post1660 penny post1680 general post1687 parcel post1790 penny postage1798 twopenny post1811 twopenny1818 printed matter1836 parcel delivery1837 bangy1842 book post1848 special delivery1865 V.P.P.1888 express delivery1891 rural free delivery1891 certified mail1955 recorded delivery1960 Mailgram1969 freepost1970 1680 J. Stokes Let. 3 July in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1902) 10 332 My note came..by the peny post, y^t is a post office, w:^ch for a peny wee cann have a letter carryed to any part of the citty. 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 244 Mr. Do[ck]wray and partners, the inventers of the penny post here in London, are putt down..but..the duke hath thought fitt to sett it up again, and 'tis manadged by the cheif postmaster of the generall post office. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Penny-Post, a Post-Office that conveys Letters and Packets under a Pound~weight, paying one Penny for each to all Parts of the City of London, and ten Miles round about. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 457. ¶1 Proposals for a printed News-Paper, that should take in the whole Circle of the Penny-Post. 1753 in E. Singleton Social N.Y. under Georges 38 And all letters for persons living in town that remain uncalled for on post nights, will on Monday morning be sent out by a penny post provided for that purpose. 1794 Gentleman's Mag. 64 ii. 666 The extension of the penny-post hither [to Enfield] took place [on June 23]. 1855 J. Holbrook Ten years among Mail Bags 103 I consulted one of the Brooklyn penny-posts, whose beat took in Pat's residence. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxviii. 342 The penny post was one of the few things that came without being long called for. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Let. to W. C. Bennett 22 Oct. Believe me, tho penny-post maddened, yours ever, A. Tennyson. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xii. 174 She..went about the house leaving letters and parcels like the penny post. 1904 Daily Chron. 9 Jan. 5/1 To-morrow is the sixty-fourth birthday of the Penny Post, inaugurated January 10, 1840. 1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 46 A private penny post was established in Edinburgh in 1774. 1996 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1995 28/2 Once the reform bill for the Penny Post had been passed various methods for prepayment had to be considered. Compounds General attributive, as penny-post letter, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1686 London Gaz. No. 2188/4 The General Penny-Post Office is removed from Crosby-House..to Star-Court..in Cornhill. 1688 E. Ashmole Let. in Mem. (1717) 97 Which the Civility of a Penny-Post Letter would have cleared and prevented. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 358 [Busy bodies] have their stages about the town as regular as a penny postman. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 262 The penny postman finds no perplexity in his walks to any part of it [i.e. London]. 1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 774 I wish you immediately to write a penny post letter to Stuart. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 5 81 If his wife were to run off with the penny-postman next St. Valentine's Day. 1865 E. C. Gaskell Cousin Phillis iv. 116 The penny-post reform, as people call it, had come into operation a short time before. 2003 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 4 July 76 The letter is also special because of the drawings..by the Irish artist William Mulready, who designed the first penny post envelope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680
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