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POO en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of post-office order.
   alt of post-office order
   • Thank Papa very much for the P.O.O. which I got cashed without difficulty. 1856 June 28, John Addington Symonds, letter in Letters, Vol. I, p. 75
   • A Coupon will be found below, which will be redeemed if accompanied by P.O.O. for 1s. 6d or 20 stamps. 1877, Army and Navy Gazette - Volume 18, page 192:
   • ... it is customary after the bargain is made for the purchaser to send a P.O.O. for the amount before the birds are sent off. 2013, R. L. Wallace, The Canary Book, →ISBN:

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