| 单词 | general delivery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral delivery general delivery n. North American a system of postal delivery whereby mail is held at a post office to be collected by the addressee (typically a traveller or visitor who does not have a permanent address in the area); cf. poste restante adv. and n. ΚΠ 1846 Merchants' Mag. 14 130 The polite and faithful attendants in the general delivery department belong to this gang. 1902 U.S. Postal Laws & Regulations §636 Letters having as a part of their address the words ‘Transient’, ‘To be called for’:..must be placed in general delivery. 2008 Yukon News (Nexis) 17 Mar. 7 Newcomers picking up their mail, before they have a post office box, when they are using ‘general delivery’. < as lemmas |
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