Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WordNet
n. a part of the post office that handles mail for persons who call for it [syn: poste restante]
Usage examples of "general delivery".
It was without surprise that he back-tracked Merritt to a counter in the General Delivery room of the Petersburg mail depot where he had peeled off a routing slip addressed to him and replaced it with the one that would carry the toxin to Follard.
A seedy middle-aged man said that he had been paid by Wilson to pick up a package addressed to Wilson at general delivery and then to toss it behind a bush as he left the post office.
McGraw, address General Delivery, Osprey, Florida, occupation commercial fisherman.
He finally addressed it to himself, care of General Delivery, Milford.
Listen, Roland, I'll tell you exactly why Tower talked his friend into signing up for General Delivery: somebody's got a book he wants, that's why.