post-office order

English

Alternative forms

• POO, P.O.O.
• post-office order

Noun

post-office order (plural post-office orders)

1. (archaic) Synonym of postal order
   • 1815, “Waverley Novels”, in Antiquary, volume V, Walter Scott, page 208:

     I hae been sic a fule as to show you the post-office order.

References

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