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Brewer's: Post Factum
(Latin). After the act has been committed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Post MeridianPost A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…Brewer's: Post Meridian
(Latin). After noon. `Twas post meridian half-past four, By signal I from Nancy parted. Dibdin: Sea Songs. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Post-mortemPost…Brewer's: Post-mortem
(Latin). After death; as a post-mortem examination for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Post-mortem…Brewer's: Post Obit
An agreement to pay for a loan a larger sum of money, together with interest at death. (Latin post obitum, after the death of the person named in the bond.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Poste Restante
(French). To remain at the post till called for. In the British post-office letters so addressed are kept one month, and then returned to the writer. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Posting-Bills
Before the Great Fire the space for foot-passengers in London was defended by rails and posts; the latter served for theatrical placards and general announcements, which were therefore…Brewer's: Gate-posts
The post on which the gate hangs and swings is called the “hanging-post”; that against which it shuts is called the “banging post.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Arkansas Post
(Encyclopedia) Arkansas PostArkansas Postärˈkənsô [key], community on the Arkansas River, SE Ark. Founded by the French in 1686 as a trading post, it is the oldest white settlement in the state; it…Post, Wiley
(Encyclopedia) Post, Wiley, 1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days 15 hr 51 min. In 1933…post office
(Encyclopedia) post office: see postal service.Trending
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