The report was this: that Bartleby had been a subordinate clerk in the Dead Letter Office at Washington... (‘Nineteenth Century American Short Stories’, H. Melville, ‘Bartleby’) — По дошедшим до меня слухам, Бартлеби одно время работал в отделе невостребованных писем Вашингтонского почтамта...
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
Dead letter office — This article is about the postal facility. For the album by R.E.M., see Dead Letter Office (album). Dead letter office, probably in Washington, D.C.; September 1922 The United States Postal Service started a dead letter office in 1825 to deal… … Wikipedia
Dead Letter Office (album) — Dead Letter Office Compilation album by R.E.M. Released … Wikipedia
Dead Letter Office — Compilation par R.E.M. Sortie 27 avril 1987 Enregistrement 1981 1986 Durée 43:22 63:51 (avec le EP Chronic Town) Genre College rock … Wikipédia en Français
dead-letter office — [ded′let′ər] n. the postal department to which dead letters are sent to be opened and returned to the sender, if possible, or destroyed * * * … Universalium
dead-letter office — [ded′let′ər] n. the postal department to which dead letters are sent to be opened and returned to the sender, if possible, or destroyed … English World dictionary
Dead letter mail — Dead letter redirects here. For other uses, see Dead letter (disambiguation). Dead letter mail or undeliverable mail is mail that cannot be delivered to the addressee or returned to the sender. This is usually due to lack of compliance with… … Wikipedia
dead letter — A law which is not enforced; an undelivered letter which has been sent to the dead letter office by the post office department to be destroyed … Ballentine's law dictionary
dead-letter office — /dɛd ˈlɛtər ɒfəs/ (say ded letuhr ofuhs) noun a special division or department of the post office which handles dead letters …
dead letter office — noun the postal facility that deals with mail that cannot be delivered … Wiktionary
dead letter — {n. phr.} An undeliverable letter that ends up in a special office holding such letters. * /There is a dead letter office in most major cities./ … Dictionary of American idioms
dead letter — {n. phr.} An undeliverable letter that ends up in a special office holding such letters. * /There is a dead letter office in most major cities./ … Dictionary of American idioms
