mail-order（adj.）
1875年，源自 mail（n.1）和 order。在电视和互联网出现之前，它是零售商和店主的噩梦。
The origin, foundation and principle of mail order trading is universally recognized as wrong. It was conceived in iniquity and brought forth in despair as the world's greatest destructive medium. Mail Order Trading was born in the brain of knaves and thieves who fired their building for insurance profits, then sold the salvaged and damaged stock to the unsuspecting sons of man in distant territory. [Thomas J. Sullivan, "Merchants and Manufacturers on Trial," Chicago, 1914]
邮购贸易的起源、基础和原则被普遍认为是错误的。它是在不义之中孕育而生，是世界上最具破坏性的媒介。邮购贸易诞生于骗子和盗贼的脑海中，他们为了保险利润而纵火烧毁了自己的建筑，然后将抢救和损坏的库存出售给遥远地区的毫无戒心的人们。[托马斯·J·沙利文，《芝加哥的商人和制造商受审》，1914年]
该词起源时间：1875年