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pillar box

noun as in letter box

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Example Sentences

The white steps were in tune with the billowy clouds, and the scarlet pillar-box at the corner had a friendly, human smile.

The postwoman was coming back from collecting letters at a pillar-box in a neighbouring village.

At the post-office, even the letter-box was shut, as it was Sunday; I was obliged to put my letter in a pillar-box in the street.

Suddenly reassured, Justine went out into the hall, intending to carry her batch of letters to the red pillar-box by the door.

She addressed the envelope and ran out hatless to post it at the pillar box in Edgware Road.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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