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Definition of Dead mail
1. Noun. Mail that can neither be delivered nor returned.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Mail
Literary usage of Dead mail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Picturesque Washington: Pen and Pencil Sketches of Its Scenery, History by Joseph West Moore (1884)
"All the " dead mail" is first examined by the chief clerk and his assistants,
... These letters are taken out of the dead mail and forwarded by the ..."
2. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1884)
"Statement showing amount of dead mail matter treated in the division of dead
letters during ... Statement showing the number of piece i of dead mail matter ..."
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