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general delivery

noun

  1. a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
  2. the postal department that handles such mail.


general delivery

noun

  1. an address on mail indicating that it should be kept at a specified post office until collected by the addressee
  2. the mail-delivery service or post-office department that handles mail having this address
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of general delivery1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences

So researchers and doctors are looking for a general delivery method, like any other medication.

Most hikers send at least some food drops—prepacked boxes of supplies—to themselves via the general delivery at trail-town post offices.

And this week it was Mister Ham, General Delivery, United States.

Sometimes they were sent to a street number, but often to General Delivery.

Lady Altringham had been quite right in her method of ensuring the general delivery of the information about the house.

She addressed the appeal to the General Delivery in Chicago, as he had directed in the letter he wrote as a blind.

Perhaps you do not think I know the difference between a general delivery window and a three-m quad, but that is a mistake.

If the stove draws too hard, close the damper in the pipe and shut the general delivery window.

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