单词 | letter cover |
释义 | > as lemmasletter cover letter cover n. now historical and rare an envelope. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope coverture1587 by covert1655 envelopea1715 letter cover1741 cover1747 letter case1823 wrapper1846 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxviii. 233 Her Handkerchief, and Letter-cover. 1816 Ld. Byron Let. 1 Oct. (1976) V. 109 Two days ago I sent you in three letter-covers a journal of a mountain-excursion lately made by me in the Bernese Alps. 1841 J. S. Buckingham Evils & Remedies of Elections in Monthly Rev. Oct. 440 Put the whole in an ordinary letter-cover..and send it, for security, through the post-office, on the following day. 1916 Philatelic Mag. Oct. 289 A very stringent circular had been sent out by the post office..forbidding postmasters to receive the money at all, but to sell the stamps to the public, and make them put them on the letter covers themselves. < as lemmas |
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