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special delivery

noun

Meaning

  1. (sometimes hyphenated when used attributively) A kind of postal service in which, for an extra fee, letters and packages are delivered in a highly expedited manner by a special courier.
  2. A particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.
  3. (by extension, sometimes humorous) Something—whether desirable or undesirable—which is intentionally given to a specific individual or which an individual receives rapidly and unexpectedly; the personalized, direct quality of the transmission of such an item.

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data