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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Free government delivery of mail in rural areas, instituted in the US in the late 1800s.
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- noun free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas
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reesetee commented on the word rural free delivery
A.k.a. RFD. A system for free home delivery of mail in rural areas of the United States, begun just before the turn of the 20th century.
August 26, 2008