letterbox
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It relates to what Farage described as a "lit incendiary device" being pushed through his letterbox in April 2025, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
"The door must have been locked or broken as I couldn't get in, but I tried banging on the door and shouting through the letterbox to try and distract the dog."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
We went on standing in front of the door of the suite, and I noticed that the daily paper was still thrust through the letterbox.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
She said her mum told her "the money's not yours" and blocked her number, before later claiming in court it had been posted through the girls' letterboxes.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Not to ward off angry voters - she says she doesn't recognise the collapse in Labour's national popularity - but to poke leaflets through letterboxes without being bitten by dogs.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
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
