post-office order

English

Alternative forms

POO, P.O.O.
post-office order

Noun

post-office order (plural post-office orders)

(archaic) Synonym of postal order
- 1815, Walter Scott, "Antiquary" in Waverley Novels, Vol. V, p. 208:
  I hae been sic a fule as to show you the post-office order.

References

“post office, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

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