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单词 to run the post
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to run (also ride) the post
P1. Scottish. to run (also ride) the post: to travel as a post or courier; to carry the mail. Also figurative. Cf. post-runner n. Obsolete.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > carry letters or mail [verb (intransitive)] > as post-courier
to run (also ride) the post1507
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1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 82 To Alexander Gordoun yeman of the stable his wage quhilk he wanted quhen the King was at the Month, and ran the post xxviiis.
1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 154 For ij hors for him and his servand to ryn the post to Cauldstreme.
1574 in C. Rogers Three Sc. Reformers (1874) 110 They..would chuse out Some for to ride the post about.
1577 G. Buchanan Let. Aug. in Vernac. Writings (1892) 59 Quhair ye say ye haif not lang to lyif, I traist to God to go before yow, albeit I be on fut, and ye ryd the post.
a1605 A. Montgomerie O Pleasand Plant 15 Then quench this fyre, quhilk runneth ay the poste Out throu my cost.
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