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penny post

penny post noun: any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price of one penny, particularly uniform penny post in which the rate applied regardless of distance.

penny post: any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price...
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Noun

penny post (plural penny posts)

  1. (historical) Any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price of one penny, particularly uniform penny post in which the rate applied regardless of distance.
    • Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by...1847, “Vote for Alderman Johnson”, in Punch, volume XIII, page 40
    • The penny-post is, commonly, an institution through which you seriously offer a man that penny for his thoughts which is so often safely offered in jest.1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC

penny post meaning in Tamil

penny post in Tamil

அஞ்சல் முறை

Forms of penny post

pluralpenny posts
alternative formpenny-post

Questions about penny post

What does penny post mean?
Penny post means any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price of one penny, particularly uniform penny post in which the rate applied regardless of distance.
What is penny post in Tamil?
Penny post in Tamil is அஞ்சல் முறை. See Penny post meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is penny post?
Penny post is a noun.
What is the plural of penny post?
The plural of penny post is penny posts.

Words near penny post in the dictionary

  1. penny mail
  2. penny packet
  3. penny packets
  4. penny pincher
  5. penny pinchers
  6. penny post
  7. penny posts
  8. penny press
  9. penny pusher
  10. penny pushers
  11. penny sleeve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penny post (page history and authors); penny post (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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