mail drop
noun
1
: an address used in transmitting secret communications
2
: a receptacle or a slot for deposit of mail
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Upstairs, an old mail drop between floors will be repurposed into a place where guests checking out can deposit their room keys.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
The address for Dans’ solo practice was a mail drop at the New York City Bar Association.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 Aug. 2024
The boat traverses the lake and makes about 50 mail drops.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024
Either the accommodations were very crowded inside or this was all sleight of hand—an illustrious address functioning as a mail drop.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
The address for Dans’ solo practice was a mail drop at the New York City Bar Association.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 Aug. 2024
The boat traverses the lake and makes about 50 mail drops.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024
Either the accommodations were very crowded inside or this was all sleight of hand—an illustrious address functioning as a mail drop.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mail drop
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“Mail drop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20drop. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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