Both Uses of
postscript
in
Treasure Island
- John Trelawney Postscript—I did not tell you that Blandly, who, by the way, is to send a consort after us if we don't turn up by the end of August, had found an admirable fellow for sailing master—a stiff man, which I regret, but in all other respects a treasure.†
Chpt 7 *
- J. T. P.P.S.—Hawkins may stay one night with his mother.†
Chpt 7P.S. = an abbreviation for "postscript" that is placed at the end of a letter (after the signature) to indicate that an additional note follows
Definitions:
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(1)
(postscript) a note added to the end of a letter after the signature -- usually preceded with "PS:" or "P.S."
or:
any written or spoken addition added after the end of something -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
PS can also be used as an abbreviation for public school as in PS-101. Of course, p.s. can also be someone's initials or another abbreviation.