(UK, historical) A postal letter carried only part of the way to the central post office, and delivered to its destination along the way.
(UK, historical) A postal letter carried only part of the way to the central post office, and delivered to its destination along the way.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US) A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.
(US, slang) A notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection informing about the seizure of a personal shipment as contraband.
(countable) An organization that delivers letters.
(British) A bag used for carrying post (mail).
(historical) A note of postal currency.