post-road

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See also: postroad and post road

English

Noun

post-road (plural post-roads)

  1. 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.