Dead letter (disambiguation)

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Dead letter has several usages, each deriving from the notion of mail that is no longer deliverable, primarily:

Dead letter(s) may also refer to:

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The term dead letter has several usages, each deriving from the notion of mail that is no longer deliverable.

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