"post town" meaning in All languages combined

See post town on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: post towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} post town (plural post towns)
  1. (UK) A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-post_town-en-noun-ttcRj6bb Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Post

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        "A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
        ],
        [
          "delivery",
          "delivery"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area."
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "delivery",
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        ]
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        "(UK) A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area."
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