dead letter box

  • 1dead 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 …

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  • 2dead-letter box — or dead letter drop noun A place where secret messages, etc may be left for later collection • • • Main Entry: ↑dead …

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  • 3Dead Letter Box —   [dt. »toter Briefkasten«], die Stelle, an die in einem E Mail System nicht zustellbare Nachrichten gesandt werden …

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  • 4dead letter box — noun a place where messages can be left and collected without the sender and recipient meeting …

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  • 5dead 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 …

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  • 6dead 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… …

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  • 7dead-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 …

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  • 8Dead Letter Office (album) — Dead Letter Office Compilation album by R.E.M. Released …

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  • 9Dead 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… …

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  • 10Letter 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… …

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