trading post
Example Sentences
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Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Tourists come to see the old-fashioned facades — a motel, a saloon, a trading post.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024
Myawaddy, in Kayin state, is opposite the Thai district of Mae Sot in Tak province and is connected by two bridges across the Moei River It is Myanmar’s most active trading post with Thailand.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
When the Dutch set up a trading post at Cape Town in 1652, they brought artisans, slaves and farmers from their colonies in Asia, many of whom were Muslim.
From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2023
Of course, my mother and father would have been happy if she’d just gotten a part-time job at the post office or trading post, and maybe just moved into an upstairs bedroom in our house.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
