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v-mail

1

[ vee-meyl ]

V‑mail

2

[ vee-meyl ]

noun

  1. a mail system used by U.S. armed forces during World War II.

v-mail

/ ˈviːmeɪl /

noun

  1. a video message sent by e-mail
  2. a computerized communication system designed to send virtual reality messages
  3. electronic mail designed to spread a computer virus
“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 v-mail1

V: victory
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Example Sentences

“By fast V-Mail, The Times is sending to dads overseas these photographs of their wives with babies the fathers have never seen,” said the caption.

According to the Postal Museum, V-Mail microfilmed specially designed letter sheets.

I could hear behind my back the uncomradely scratching of many fountain pens on many sheets of V-mail paper.

Mrs. Daneeka was overjoyed and wept irrepressibly with relief and kissed the crinkled, grubby tissue of V-mail stationery a thousand times.

James Holten corresponded with her by V-mail, letters photographed in the war zone on microfiche and then sent as film back home.

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