- special delivery
- noun Date: 1870 expedited messenger delivery of mail matter for an extra fee
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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special delivery — special delivery, adj. (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. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
special delivery — ☆ special delivery n. a postal service through which, for an extra fee, mail is delivered by a special messenger … English World dictionary
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