rural route
noun
a mail delivery route in a rural area.
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Nearby words
- rural delivery service,
- rural district,
- rural free delivery,
- rural leishmaniasis,
- rural municipality,
- rural science,
- rural sociology,
- rurality,
- ruralize,
- rurally
Origin of rural route
First recorded in 1895–1900
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