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dead drop

nounC2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A dead drop is a hiding place where two people leave things for each other. Use a dead drop.

The whole point is that the two never meet, so neither can be seen with the other. A dead drop is marked as loaded by a chalk mark or a moved object nobody else would notice.

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Definitions of dead drop

  1. 1noundead dropA hiding place where two people leave things for each other.C2

    “The dead drop was a loose brick behind a bus shelter.”

dead drop is a place.

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