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general delivery

–noun
1. a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
2. the postal department that handles such mail.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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general delivery  
n.  
  1. A department of a post office that holds mail for addressees until it is picked up.

  2. Mail directed to this department.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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