dead letters

Betekenis (Engels)

plural of dead letter

dead letter

1. An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed.
2. A law or other measure that is no longer enforced.
3. (broadly) Anything that has lost its authority or influence despite still being in existence or formally in force.

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‘The dead letters , of course , ’ said the bagman .