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play-by-snail-mail

play-by-snail-mail adjective: describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through postal mail.

Adjective

play-by-snail-mail (not comparable)

  1. Describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through postal mail.

Origin of play-by-snail-mail

Modeled on play-by-mail.

Questions about play-by-snail-mail

What does play-by-snail-mail mean?
Play-by-snail-mail means describing a game that can be played in a turn-based fashion through postal mail.
What part of speech is play-by-snail-mail?
Play-by-snail-mail is an adjective.

Words near play-by-snail-mail in the dictionary

  1. play-by-email
  2. play-by-mail
  3. play-by-mails
  4. play-by-play
  5. play-by-plays
  6. play-by-snail-mail
  7. play-calling
  8. play-doh
  9. play-house
  10. play-houses
  11. play-of-color

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