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letterbox

[let-er-boks] / ˈlɛt ərˌbɒks /


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Nicola Nugent said the device was put through the letterbox of her home on Stanhope Street at about 03:00 BST on Friday.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The charity said islanders will receive a scorecard through their letterbox.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Nitu Sharma and Jaspreet Singh get many leaflets for takeaways through their letterbox.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

And despite the hundreds of cards passing through her letterbox everyday, Clare plans to thank each person individually.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

By a strange coincidence—or maybe not—he looks eerily like he does on YouTube, since his voluminous scarf and ski hat cover his face everywhere except the letterbox view from eyes to lower lip.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

They told the BBC they had been advised by police to work from home, board up office windows and install fireproof letterboxes.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

They were left to sew badges on to their own kit and put leaflets through letterboxes urging people to come and watch them play.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023

Well, Richards became famous in 2001, when he began posting polite notices through the letterboxes of apostrophe abusers, “drawing your attention to an incorrect use which has been pointed out to us”.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2019

Nobody’s going to flay you to death just for barking offers of money through the letterboxes of recently bereaved parents, or trawling for offensive tweets with your free hand.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2018

Thrives in the vicinity of doorways and letterboxes.

From Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearticulture for This Year and Next by John Cecil Clay


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