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snail mail
noun
- physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with email.
- the letters, packages, etc., delivered this way.
snail mail
noun
- the conventional postal system, as opposed to electronic mail
verb
- tr to send by the conventional postal system, rather than by electronic mail
snail mail
- A term used to denote mail sent via the traditional postal service, usually to contrast that process to e-mail .
Word History and Origins
Origin of snail mail1
Word History and Origins
Origin of snail mail1
Idioms and Phrases
Ordinary postal service, as opposed to electronic communications. For example, He hasn't taken to his computer so he's still using snail mail . This slangy idiom, alluding to the alleged slowness of the snail, caught on at least partly for its rhyme. [1980s]Example Sentences
When school districts reach out to families, they often do so through text messages, robocalls, emails, Facebook posts and snail mail.
Email promised to improve on the failings of phones, fax machines, and snail mail when it rose to prominence in the 1990s.
This weekend, I sent out a snail mail newsletter about voting, wrote to my council member about a local issue, and sent a few letters to Kenosha.
Whether you receive your stimulus payment via direct deposit or as a paper check through snail mail, the IRS will also send you a letter in the mail 15 days later letting you know that the payment was sent.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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