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General delivery   /dʒˈɛnərəl dɪlˈɪvəri/   Listen
General delivery

noun
1.
The part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it.  Synonym: poste restante.





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"General delivery" Quotes from Famous Books



... you, Jack," he said. "It's from a lawyer up there, and it's addressed to a man called Silas Broom, at the General Delivery window of the post office in the city here. It says that the boy Jack Danby, about whom Mr. Broom was making inquiries, left Woodleigh some months ago, and has since, it is supposed, been working ...
— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters - or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed • Robert Maitland
... address. On the last reading of the letter she had written, she decided that it was a manly, straightforward production, which should interest and attract any girl. But how was she to sign it? After thinking deeply for a long time, she wrote "Philip Sanders, General Delivery," and below she ...
— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter


Words linked to "General delivery" :   poste restante, social unit, post office, local post office, unit


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