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pillbox

[pil-boks] / ˈpɪlˌbɒks /


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"I have been coming to Norfolk since I was little and there's been a pillbox on East Runton beach and at Salthouse that I've been fascinated with," said Gemma Clarke, 41, from Coalville, Leicestershire.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2024

He advised people not to attempt to go inside the pillbox "for safety reasons, especially not when the tide's coming in".

From BBC Dec. 8, 2023

Bob Dylan once mockingly sang that a leopard-skin pillbox hat “balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine.”

From Washington Post Sep. 26, 2022

I rifle through the bag that usually goes into my bag — i.e., the makeup pouch I typically throw in a tote — and fish out the essentials: my pillbox, my Chapstick, my house keys.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2022

Of course, as far as the little kids were concerned, the highlight of the whole party was not the birthday boy, Piper McNab, but the McNab’s new pillbox.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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