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special delivery

noun

  1. (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.


special delivery

noun

  1. the delivery of a piece of mail outside the time of a scheduled delivery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of special delivery1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences

She visualized his special delivery letter, lying on her desk.

When Billie had finished her letter Mr. Danvers volunteered to take it over to the mainland for her and send it special delivery.

Oh, maybe that's a special delivery letter to say our uncle and aunt have been heard from!

An extra fee of ten cents secures the immediate special delivery by messenger of any letter thus sent.

A special delivery letter had never come to their home before.

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