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mailer

1

[ mey-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who mails mail or prepares material for mailing. mail. mailing.
  2. a container, as a mailing tube or protective envelope, for mailing mail mailing papers, books, merchandise, etc.
  3. an advertising brochure, form letter, or the like, sent out in the mail.
  4. Archaic. a mailboat.


Mailer

2

[ mey-ler ]

noun

  1. Norman, 1923–2007, U.S. writer.

mailer

1

/ ˈmeɪlə /

noun

  1. a person who addresses or mails letters, etc
  2. a machine used for stamping and addressing mail
  3. a container for mailing things
“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


Mailer

2

/ ˈmeɪlə /

noun

  1. MailerNorman19232007MUSWRITING: author Norman. 1923–2007, US author. His works, which are frequently critical of modern American society, include the war novel The Naked and the Dead (1948), An American Dream (1965), his account of the 1967 peace march on Washington The Armies of the Night (1968), The Executioner's Song (1979), and Barbary Shore (1998)
“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 mailer1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; mail 1 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Groups trying to help Gloria appeal to more conservative voters even used it in a mailer.

Much of the union money in this year’s race has gone to polling, digital advertising and campaign mailers.

There has been a lot of talk about supporters of Todd Gloria sending out mailers that highlighted the support his rival, Barbara Bry, has gotten from Republicans.

This week, it reported spending an additional $21,000 on each candidate to produce mailers.

Election officials say a flood of mailers from the Center for Voter Information has contained mistakes and confused voters at a time when states are racing to expand vote by mail.

During this time, Mailer also displayed an unexpected humility in the company of his fellow literary stars.

The remark comes to mind while reading The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer.

This is not to suggest that Mailer ever lost the intellectual toughness which was central to his work.

Many readers will no doubt be surprised just how friendly Mailer was, how helpful he was to friends and strangers alike.

“You know, I never had a monstrous ego,” Mailer confides to a friend in l987.

When she entered the editorial office Tom was putting the last of the papers through the mailer.

He inked each galley, placed it in the mailing machine, and then fed the papers into the mailer.

This is a very short and simple entry in Mr. Mailer's journal, but it has most solemn significance.

They had been pledged to furnish this licensed black-mailer with money, and still he was insatiate and unappeased.

If they got us out there they could surround us and mailer the life out of us.

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