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general delivery
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general delivery
(noun)
general delivery
noun
general delivery
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of GENERAL DELIVERY
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US
:
a department in a post office that keeps a person's mail until that person comes to the post office to get it
The letter is addressed to
general delivery
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called also
(British)
poste restante
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