| 单词 | packet letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspacket letter packet letter n. now historical a letter sent as part of the packet of State letters from one country to another (see sense A. 1a). ΚΠ 1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 113 I sealed up my packet letters for England. 1847 Jrnls. & Proc. House of Assembly Nova Scotia App. 54. 235 The share of expense incurred upon Packet Letters and Newspapers, and the collection of United States Postage. 1968 T. Foster Postal Hist. Jamaica, 1662–1860 i. 51 Incoming packet letters from the British Isles would naturally be charged in sterling but settled in local currency. 2007 S.-R. Laakso Across Oceans v. 106 Three of the five merchantship letters, 25 of the 31 packet letters, and 32 of the 38 steamship letters arrived via Liverpool. < as lemmas |
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