pillar box

Example Sentences

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They played there for a couple of years, then moved to another area with the help of a friendly caretaker who gave them access to electricity through a pillar box.

From BBC

My favourite is when I jumped out from behind a pillar box to ask an elderly couple: “What’s your favourite scary movie?”

From The Guardian

The first pillar box - a dark green octagonal box - was erected in Guernsey in 1852.

From BBC

Their orange uniforms, trucks and plastic bins are as distinctive a symbol of Rio as red buses and pillar boxes once were for London.

From The Guardian

There are three main varieties: the largest, typically, are pillar boxes.

From Reuters