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mailpod en · NOUN

Etymology

mail + pod.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:postal) A receptacle for collecting, processing, or distributing mail.
   • shouts for found footage to get lost, and a trip to a caravan and motorhome show. Just a hint of what was lurking in this month’s mailpod... 2013 May 14, Rich Edwards, “This Month's Letters”, in Your SFX, page 35:
   • [...] properly contained; therefore, upon detonation it merely burned in the mail pod. 2009, Wright, James R., 1943-, FBI : fidelity, bravery, integrity : an autobiography, page 142:
   • At Strugglehome he asked Sylla to show him the mail-pod exchange routine. Here he learned that the slow man on a pod grapple. 1969 November 14, James Tiptree, Jr., Worlds of IF, page 17:
   • More mad messages from our mailpod 1992 June 14, Unattributed, “Holly-Grams”, in Red Dwarf Smegazine, page 1:
   • The mailpod this month was dominated by your dedications to Sir Christopher Lee, with memories and tributes pouring in via all communication channels. 2015, Jordan Farley, “This Month's Letters”, in Your SFX, page 34:
   • [...] the bomb burned and smoked but didn’t explode as intended. Housed in a can, within a box, inside of a mail pod, the bomb wasn’t as successful as Ted had hoped. 2022, James Gehring, Madman in the Woods : AG. Ted's Neighbours Autobiographies, page 224:
   • As Peat Moss and Ivy were dropping their letters in the mailpod, their friend Hickory Gray Squirrel came by. 1987, Berenstain, Mike, 1951-, Peat Moss and Ivy meet Santa Claws, page 9:

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