surface mail
Americannoun
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the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
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mail sent by this system.
noun
Example Sentences
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The court suggested that CAB not proceed with its plan to give surface mail to Slick, Flying Tiger and Riddle pending a court hearing on the legality of the plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
A part of the department's "prominent-American series," the stamp carries a 13� value so that it may circulate widely abroad as the postage on one-half ounce of international surface mail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Airlines offered to carry first-class surface mail by air for half the regular airmail rate.
From Time Magazine Archive
By schedule, the flight should take ten days; surface mail takes 28 days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rafik told Omer, “It took a month for it to arrive surface mail, which means it came on a ship. Liyana says it was obviously not a spaceship.”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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