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general delivery
noun
: a department in a post office that keeps a person's mail until that person comes to the post office to get it
Full Definition of GENERAL DELIVERY
: a department of a post office that handles the delivery of mail at a post office window to persons who call for it
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First Known Use of GENERAL DELIVERY
1846
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