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GPO, the
     
GPO, the
1
the General Post Office
the former name of the organization that controls mail in the UK, now called the Post Office
2
Government Printing Office
a US government organization that prints government documents, maps, books etc, which it gives to national libraries and government offices, and sells to the public at low cost ➔ HMSO
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