What is the meaning of POSTAGE STAMP. Phrases containing POSTAGE STAMP
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Postage stamp is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pub's bar (ramp).
Verb. The act of soliciting illicit and anonymous sex in a public place by male homosexuals. The 'cottage' will often be a public lavatory; taking its name from when such UK conveniences looked cottage like.
Noun. The act of climbing onto the stage during a gig, to then leap off and be caught by the audience. Originates from 1980s punk but proliferating during 'thrash' and 'grunge' era of the late 1980s and 1990s.
Stage freight is British theatre slang for light ale.
The act of soliciting illicit and anonymous sex in a public place, or public lavatory by male homosexuals. The 'cottage' public lavatory; name from when such public men's rooms looked cottage like..
Vrb phrs. To go crazy, go insane. Coined after numerous incidents involving U.S. postal workers, who deranged, went on a homicidal spree before killing themselves. E.g."He went postal when that idiot smashed his car." [Orig. U.S. 1990s]
1) Excl. Going crazy. Refers to the trend of some postal workers becoming violent.
To carry boats or supplies overland between rivers or lakes.
Release a chocolate hostage is slang for to defecate.
Public toilet
To 'go postal' is to indulge in arbitrary unprovoked and usually unwarranted acts of violence. To be 'postal' is to be insane, e.g. "He's postal". Derived from the violent acts of US Postal workers who, for no real reason, go on killing sprees.
Noun. A postman/postwoman. {Informal} [1870s]
Postie is slang for a postman.
Cottage is slang for a public lavatory.
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v. i.
Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
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Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.
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To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
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To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.
v. i.
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.
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The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.
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Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.
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Same as Boscage.
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State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
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The prostate gland.
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A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
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See Pottage.
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To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made.
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To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.
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See Pomage.
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One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
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A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
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Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.
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