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单词 unfranked
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unfrankedadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfranked.
(un- prefix1 2. Cf. German unfrankiert, Danish ufrankeret, Swedish ofrankerad.)
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adjective] > franking to secure exemption > franked > not
unfrankeda1765
a1765 D. Mallet Let. in Pearson's Catal. (1900) No. 81. 50 My last letter was franked by Mr. Nugent. Perhaps that was the cause of its miscarriage. I therefore send this unfranked.
1809 G. Jackson Let. 13 Dec. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 3 I wondered..that a letter—and unfranked one, too—should follow me.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xv. 304 Heavy Packets, most of them unfranked.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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