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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a trading post (def. 1), especially one belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company.
See: trading post(def. 1)
Quotations
1789
We still expect a very considerable quantity of Furrs and Peltries from the most distant Posts of the Upper Country, which cannot arrive to admit of the Vessels sailing before the 25th.
1820
The officers selected for the several Posts, are perfectly competent for the charge. . . .
1960
The title was, however, except for a few isolated posts on the great Bay itself, generally not "pushed" so long as the French held Quebec . . . .