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  • 1Mail jumping — is a type of mail delivery. The person doing the mail jumping (known as a mail jumper) is transported on a body of water by a boat. The person jumps off the boat onto a dock, places incoming mail in a mailbox, retrieves outgoing mail, and jumps… …

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  • 2mail call — n. A call of the names of those persons receiving mail for the purpose of transmitting mail to them; a technique used in the military services to deliver mail to enlisted personnel. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …

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  • 3mail carrier — mail .carrier n AmE old fashioned someone whose job is to deliver mail = ↑mailman …

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  • 4mail carrier — mail ,carrier noun count AMERICAN someone whose job is to deliver mail …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 5mail carrier — mail′ car rier n. cvb a person employed to deliver mail • Etymology: 1780–90 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 6Mail — For other uses, see Mail (disambiguation). For electronic mail, see Email This article is about Postal services. For other uses, see Postal service (disambiguation). A collection of British pillar boxes at the Inkpen Post Box Museum, near Taunton …

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  • 7Mail carrier — Postman redirects here. For other uses, see Postman (disambiguation). A Melbourne postie riding a motorbike …

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  • 8Mail delivery by animal — Homing pigeons have been used to deliver small messages since the time of the Persians. Mail delivery by animals has been used in many countries throughout history. It used to be the only way to quickly transport large bundles of letters over… …

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  • 9Mail retrieval agent — [original research?] A mail retrieval agent (MRA) is a computer application that retrieves or fetches e mail from a remote mail server and works with an mail delivery agent to deliver mail to a local or remote email mailbox.[citation needed] MRAs …

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  • 10deliver — deliverer, n. /di liv euhr/, v.t. 1. to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package. 2. to give into another s possession or keeping; surrender: to deliver a prisoner… …

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