letterbox
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I speak to the woman who is shouting through the letterbox of a house with smashed windows.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
A woman is shouting through a letterbox to friends inside a house: "The pastor is here, I promise you it is safe."
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Dunn said he does not know his neighbour well, but she popped a thank you card through his letterbox which he said we a "nice gesture".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
He told the court that, on one occasion, protestors put flares through HKETO's letterbox.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
It was an unusually small letter, of course, and might have gone unnoticed in the letterbox.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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
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
The hotel’s original touches include ornamental plaster ceilings and nickel-and-bronze letterboxes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2017
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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