general delivery
a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
the postal department that handles such mail.
Origin of general delivery
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How to use general delivery in a sentence
And this week it was Mister Ham, general delivery, United States.
The Stacks: Sell the Overcoat, Keep the Dignity | Paul Hemphill | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSometimes they were sent to a street number, but often to general delivery.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman | Emma Speed SampsonLady Altringham had been quite right in her method of ensuring the general delivery of the information about the house.
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite | Anthony TrollopeShe addressed the appeal to the general delivery in Chicago, as he had directed in the letter he wrote as a blind.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesPerhaps you do not think I know the difference between a general delivery window and a three-m quad, but that is a mistake.
Remarks | Bill Nye
If the stove draws too hard, close the damper in the pipe and shut the general delivery window.
Remarks | Bill Nye
British Dictionary definitions for general delivery
an address on mail indicating that it should be kept at a specified post office until collected by the addressee
the mail-delivery service or post-office department that handles mail having this address
- Also called (not in the US or Canada): poste restante
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