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a letter that is mailed to a local address at a post office without city delivery or a rural delivery service and must be picked up by the addressee.[1835-45, Amer.]
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Universalium. 2010.
drop letter
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Drop letter — Drop Drop (dr[o^]p), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre[ o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[=u]pa. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drop letter — Letter Let ter, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drop letter — A letter mailed for local delivery at a post office that has neither city delivery nor collection and delivery by a rural carrier or highway contract route carrier. Letters are picked up by the addressees … Glossary of postal terms
drop letter — noun 1. : a letter mailed at a post office not having carrier service and addressed locally to someone who is to call for it at the same office 2. Canada : a letter mailed at or in the delivery area of the same post office from which it will be… … Useful english dictionary
drop-letter — dropˈ lettˈer noun (old US) A letter left at a post office merely for local delivery • • • Main Entry: ↑drop … Useful english dictionary
drop letter — letter posted and the delivered from same post office … English contemporary dictionary
drop letter — noun a) A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office. b) A large letter at the beginning of a line of text, positioned in a decorative way below the baseline of … Wiktionary
drop-letter — A letter addressed for delivery in the same city or district in which it is posted … Black's law dictionary
drop-letter — A letter addressed for delivery in the same city or district in which it is posted … Black's law dictionary
drop letter — A letter posted for delivery by the local post office … Ballentine's law dictionary
