- dead letter box
- noun a place where messages can be left and collected without the sender and recipient meeting.
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dead letter box
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dead letter box — or dead letter drop, a place for depositing secret messages and other material without having to come in direct contact with the recipient: »[The spy] had been collecting intelligence material and dispatching it to his masters either by radio, by … Useful english dictionary
dead-letter box — or dead letter drop noun A place where secret messages, etc may be left for later collection • • • Main Entry: ↑dead … Useful english dictionary
Dead Letter Box — [dt. »toter Briefkasten«], die Stelle, an die in einem E Mail System nicht zustellbare Nachrichten gesandt werden … Universal-Lexikon
dead letter — in general use, is properly a rule or regulation that is no longer observed; for example, capital punishment is a dead letter when it remains on the statute book although it is not used. The term should not be applied to aspects of life that have … Modern English usage
dead letter drop — dead letter box or dead letter drop, a place for depositing secret messages and other material without having to come in direct contact with the recipient: »[The spy] had been collecting intelligence material and dispatching it to his masters… … Useful english dictionary
dead-letter drop — dead letter box or dead letter drop noun A place where secret messages, etc may be left for later collection • • • Main Entry: ↑dead … Useful english dictionary
Dead Letter Office (album) — Dead Letter Office Compilation album by R.E.M. Released … Wikipedia
Dead letter — Letter Let ter, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Letter box — Letter Let ter, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dead Letter Office — Compilation par R.E.M. Sortie 27 avril 1987 Enregistrement 1981 1986 Durée 43:22 63:51 (avec le EP Chronic Town) Genre College rock … Wikipédia en Français
