parcel post

parcel post

noun
1.
(in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
2.
the branch of a postal service that processes and delivers parcels.
3.
the service this branch renders.

Origin:
1855–60
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Parcel post is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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parcel post

noun
postal service that handles packages 
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