nixie mail

  • 1Nixie mail — Возвращённая по почте реклама …

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  • 2Nixie — may refer to: Nixie tube, a gas filled electron tube once in use as an alphanumeric display Neck (water spirit) or Nixie, a mythical water creature in Germanic folk tales Melusine or Nixie, a mythical feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred… …

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  • 3Nixie — Nix ie, n. 1. See {Nix}. [1913 Webster] 2. Nothing. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. (U. S. Mail Service) A piece of mail matter which cannot be delivered, either because no post office exists at the place to which is it addressed, or because… …

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  • 4nixie — A mailpiece that cannot be sorted or delivered because of an incorrect, illegible, or insufficient delivery address. A nixie clerk specializes in handling this mail. (Also seeundeliverable as addressed) …

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  • 5nixie — nixie1 [nik′sē] n. Gmc. Folklore a female nix ☆ nixie2 [nik′sē ] n. a piece of mail with an incorrect, incomplete, or illegible address, usually not deliverable …

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  • 6Nixie (postal) — A Nixie is an undeliverable mailing or e mail message. Address changes are registered in the Nixielist (Nixie list or Nixie list). Mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move… …

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  • 7nixie — I. ˈniksē, si noun ( s) Etymology: German, female nix, from Old High German nicchessa, feminine of nihhus nix : nix I II. noun …

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  • 8nixie — noun /ˈnɪksi/ a) a female water elf , 1922: Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie’s green. James Joyce, Ulysses b) a piece of mail returned as undeliverable , mailers may also receive information on addresses that… …

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  • 9nixie — I nix•ie [[t]ˈnɪk si[/t]] n. mail a letter or parcel that is undeliverable because of a faulty or illegible address • Etymology: 1880–85, amer.; nix I+ ie II nix•ie [[t]ˈnɪk si[/t]] n. myt a female nix • Etymology: 1810–20; < G Nixe (MHG… …

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  • 10Nixle — Nixle, LLC. Type Private Industry Government Relations Founded 2007 Headquarters San Francisco, California …

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