hector5559
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country bumpkin
Best answer!
1. a law, ordinance, etc., that has lost its force but has not been formally repealed or abolished.
2.a letter that cannot reach the addressee or be returned to the sender,usually because of incorrect address that is sent to and handled in a special division or department (dead-letter office) of a general post office.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dead-letter
| 9 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
jhharlan
Bob sent me a birthday card and I found it to be alive! So a dead letter would be the opposite I would guess. Why didn’t I get a card from YOU?
| 9 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
terryfossil 1
JDB
Mom was a postmaster at a small office. I remember that a letter that was undeliverable because the address couldn't be read. The letter would go to the dead letter office where they would try to find its destination or origin by any means. Including opening it to find an alternative inside. If I write a letter now I always include an address inside just in case.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
