par avion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

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"I’ve written you before but I forgot to send it par avion and it probably won’t get there before Christmas."
"He was sent to Vietnam to kill people. Signed up for a stupor-second tour when the loved one repudiated him Par Avion."
"I have vague memories of her writing on blue airmail stationery—delicate sheets that tuck into themselves—ready to be sealed, stamped, and sent par avion."

Borrowed from French par avion (“by plane”), a phrase often printed or stamped on air mail envelopes.

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