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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a class mail comprising letters, postcards, and other mail sealed against inspection, having a higher priority than second, third, or fourth-class mail; -- it is the highest class of mail not handled in a special manner, as is registered or priority mail.
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- noun mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection
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Examples
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Moreover, the congregation (50-60 on a usual Sunday at 7 a.m., small probably because of the early hour) joins in singing one of three mass ordinary settings: 'Orbis factor' during the year; 'De angelis' during Christmastide, Eastertide, and on 1st-class feasts; and Kyrie XVII (Kyrie salve) during Advent and Lent.
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Do they genuinely want to deny the 1st-class care I receive from the Depart of Veterans Affairs?
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Do they genuinely want to deny the 1st-class care I receive from the Depart of Veterans Affairs?
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Most of the issues will be 10 pages in length, and will be mailed to all members via 1st-class mail; however, time, money, and material permitting, we will try to get out an occasional 20-page, 3rd-class issue —- we make no promises, however.
Archive 2008-09-01 Chris Perridas 2008
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Most of the issues will be 10 pages in length, and will be mailed to all members via 1st-class mail; however, time, money, and material permitting, we will try to get out an occasional 20-page, 3rd-class issue —- we make no promises, however.
Antiquarian Weird Tales: National Fantasy Fan Jan. 1968 Chris Perridas 2008
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You're a legacy, a role model, and a 1st-class athlete, says the poster in the hallway of Fortier.
USATODAY.com - Rams' Faulk, Williams flood high schools with hope 2002
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WANTED-To correspond with an extensive manufacturing firm of 1st-class reliability, to make and sell, on royalty, Dodge's 2-way cock or pump attachment.
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"Private 1st-class Daniel Fuselli, fall out and report to headquarters company!"
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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"Daniel Fuselli, Private 1st-class, Company C, medical supply warehouse."
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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Spruce Boards (1st-class floor) 19.00 @ 20.00 19.00 @ 21.00
The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Various 1888
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