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drop letter

American

noun

a letter that is mailed to a local address at a post office without city delivery or a rural delivery service and must be picked up by the addressee.

Etymology

Origin of drop letter

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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drop letter

Georgetown Law decided Friday to drop letter grades for students pursuing JD degrees.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2020

There was seldom a night that some one was not laughing contemptuously or frowning fiercely over a "drop letter," as we called them.

From Stage Confidences by Clara Morris

One wuz a drop letter, so Uncle Sam wuz only out five cents.

From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Marietta Holley

The drop letter rate of postage will remain the same as now.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany

At the post-office March reined in his horse while Deacon Usher brought out a drop letter from Henry Fair.

From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable

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