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English
Noun
post-road (plural post-roads)
- Alternative spelling of postroad.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], “Letter I. To Mrs. Saville, England.”, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. , volume I, London: for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 8:I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.