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mail·er

   [mey-ler]
noun
1.
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
2.
a container, as a mailing tube or protective envelope, for mailing papers, books, merchandise, etc.
3.
an advertising brochure, form letter, or the like, sent out in the mail.
4.
mailing machine.
5.
Archaic. a mailboat.
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Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; mail1 + -er1

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Mail·er

   [mey-ler]
noun
Norman, 1923–2007, U.S. writer.

mail

1   [meyl]
noun
1.
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
2.
a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered: to open one's mail; to find a bill in the mail; The mail for England was put on the noon plane.
3.
Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system: to buy clothes by mail.
4.
a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
5.
electronic mail; e-mail.
adjective
6.
of or pertaining to mail.
verb (used with object)
7.
to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission.
8.
to transmit by electronic mail.
Idiom
9.
copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English male (noun) < Old French malle < Germanic; compare Old High German mal(a)ha satchel, bag
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mailer (ˈmeɪlə)
 
—n
1.  a person who addresses or mails letters, etc
2.  (US), (Canadian) a machine used for stamping and addressing mail
3.  (US), (Canadian) a container for mailing things

Mailer (ˈmeɪlə)
 
—n
Norman. 1923--2007, US author. His works, which are frequently critical of modern American society, include the war novel The Naked and the Dead (1948), An American Dream (1965), his account of the 1967 peace march on Washington The Armies of the Night (1968), The Executioner's Song (1979), and Barbary Shore (1998)

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mail
"metal ring armor," c.1320, from O.Fr. maille "link of mail, mesh of net," from L. macula "mesh in a net," originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots.
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mail definition


  1. n.
    money. : The bills are due. I need some mail.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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