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Meanings of posthouse in English
Synonyms
Examples for "post house"
Examples for "post house"
1
By the time he reached the post house he was hungry.
2
And the carriage dashed past the post house without stopping.
3
I heard the coachman unhitch the mules, and knew that we had stopped at a post house.
4
We can well imagine the alacrity with which the heirs followed the notary to the post house.
5
The groom is to change horses at every post house, and to use the greatest possible speed.
Usage of posthouse in English
1
Our driver took us, according to their custom, to the posthouse.
2
Said my master, Did you send your letter away to the posthouse, my good girl, for your father?
3
Eschar to be gone, I sent my letters by a porter to the posthouse in Southwark to be sent by despatch to the Downs.
4
Granada acquired the Posthouse chain as part of the bitter takeover battle for Forte Hotels in 1996.
5
Granada plans to keep Forte's Posthouse and Travelodge hotels, the moderate and budget chains, while selling off the prestige properties.
6
There are no proper hotels or posthouses on the little-frequented Norwegian roads; but the wealthy peasants undertake the duties of both.
7
[J. Hickes wrote to Williamson on September 3rd from the "Golden Lyon," Red Cross Street Posthouse.
8
Britain's Compass Group today agreed the second stage of its hotel disposal programme with the £810 million sterling sale of the Posthouse chain to Bass.
9
[Footnote 47: The distance between the posthouses is variously stated; most writers not estimating it at more than three fourths of a league.
Posthouse through the time