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travelling post offices

travelling post offices is the plural of travelling post office.

Meaning of travelling post office

Noun

travelling post office (plural travelling post offices)

  1. (UK) A type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.
    • One of the important railway facilities which disappeared on the outbreak of war was the travelling post office. […] T.P.Os. have now been resumed, with the reinstatement on October 1 of those between Euston and Aberdeen, and between Paddington and Penzanze.1945 November and December, “Return of the T.P.O.”, in Railway Magazine, pages 311–312
    Synonyms:
    TPO, mail car

Questions about travelling post offices

What is travelling post offices the plural of?
Travelling post offices is the plural of travelling post office.

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