"snail mail" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: En-au-snail mail.ogg
  1. Courrier postal, courrier traditionnel. Tags: slang
    Sense id: fr-snail_mail-en-noun-TEamkkS0 Categories (other): Termes argotiques en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mail
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