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dead-letter office definition

dead·-letter office (ded′let′ər)

the postal department to which dead letters are sent to be opened and returned to the sender, if possible, or destroyed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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