land office

a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.

Origin of land office

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

He even had letter heads and envelopes printed as though he might be doing a land-office business in purchasing such commodities.

Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail |Silas K. Boone
The land-office was opened in 1769, and the first actual settler in the valley was Judge Brown.

History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley |U. J. (Uriah James) Jones
The station and land-office were too far away for her to summon assistance from them.

Woven with the Ship |Cyrus Townsend Brady
The land-office for that region is at Alexandria in Douglas County.

The Seat of Empire |Charles Carleton Coffin

“They seem to be doing a land-office business,” observed Walter.

The Motor Girls in the Mountains |Margaret Penrose

land office

US and Canadian an office that administers the sale of public land