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letterbox

[let-er-boks] / ˈlɛt ərˌbɒks /


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

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Staffordshire bull terrier Duchess was abandoned, and only survived because of the goodwill of a neighbour, who fed her through a letterbox.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

You can cover external keyholes and add a flap or brush to your letterbox, or hang a door curtain.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

She and others have been leafleting ultra-Orthodox households across Israel - more than a million flyers have been put through letterboxes.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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 Georg Morris Cohen Brandes


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