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Definition: DEAD-LETTER OFFICE


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. A department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Definition: DEAD-LETTER OFFICE


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. A department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Common Expressions: DEAD-LETTER OFFICE

Expressions	Definition
Dead-letter office	A department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Specialty Expressions: DEAD-LETTER OFFICE

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Dead-letter Office	Literature	(The). A department in the post-office where unclaimed letters are kept. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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