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postern

[poh-stern, pos-tern] / ˈpoʊ stərn, ˈpɒs tərn /


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But most of them opened their postern gates and let Mr. Jones come in with the money he was determined to inject into them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon being prompted, however, he went on: "Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest."

From Time Magazine Archive

The gates of the New Castle had been closed, but a postern opened when he shouted, and a guard emerged to ask his business.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

It was a battered wooden postern under a slab of stone.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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