letterbox
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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
You can cover external keyholes and add a flap or brush to your letterbox, or hang a door curtain.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
William Newbury, 22, said he was dropping off baby presents to a friend at her boyfriend's house in Llanrumney, Cardiff, on Mother's Day when he saw the "nightmare" attack through their letterbox.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
It was an unusually small letter, of course, and might have gone unnoticed in the letterbox.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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
Ms Flanagan said that during the summer holiday after her final year of school - while her friends were preparing to go to university - she was posting flyers through letterboxes for her cleaning business.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2022
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
For I could not help laughing at the idea that even the letterboxes had to enjoy their Sabbath rest.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen
