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snail mail

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snail mail

  (humorous)

the system of sending letters through the post What's your preferred means of communication? Fax, email or snail mail?

See also: mail, snail

snail mail

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]

See also: mail, snail