| 单词 | pillar-post |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspillar-post pillar-post n. now rare (a) an upright structure on to which public notices are posted; (b) = pillar box n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > pillar-box postbox1786 pillar-post1840 pillar letter-box1854 pillar box1855 pillar1865 1840 E. S. Wortley Eva v. i. 106 That great gigantic thing [sc. Cleopatra], whose needle looks For all the world, like some huge pillar-post! 1860 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? xlix. 177 He chucked the letter..into the pillar post at the Derby Station. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady I. xv. 185 The big red pillar-post on the south-east corner. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 240/1 Public advertisements in public streets may be posted only on the appliances, such as pillar posts, &c., provided for the purpose. < as lemmas |
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