letterbox
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I speak to the woman who is shouting through the letterbox of a house with smashed windows.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Nitu Sharma and Jaspreet Singh get many leaflets for takeaways through their letterbox.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Engebretsen said he was initially suspicious of the letter informing him of his honour when it dropped through the letterbox.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Both take cash - the honesty box has envelopes and a letterbox for change.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
Pathos is the appeal you see uppermost in the heart-wrenching, expensively printed flyers that pop through your letterbox asking for donations to charity.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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But she and her dad lied and said they posted cash in envelopes through the girls' letterboxes.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
I’ve told my workers to be strict with what they sell and who to, but they aren’t changing their behaviour much, other than offering to post through letterboxes and accept bank transfers from trusted customers.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020
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
The hotel’s original touches include ornamental plaster ceilings and nickel-and-bronze letterboxes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2017
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