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letter drop

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

But here Ingeborg let the letter drop to the floor and sat thinking.

Then as he was folding up an extra-fine outing shirt, he saw a letter drop to the floor.

His hands shook so on perceiving by the superscription that it came from her, that he let the letter drop.

He heard the postman's step in the hall and saw the envelopes begin to shuttle themselves through the slit of his letter-drop.

Sylvia let the letter drop on her lap, and stared before her with blank eyes.

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