pillar box
Example Sentences
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In an interview with historian Brian Harrison in the 1970s, Jessie recalled the so-called "pillar box outrages" were planned "with military precision."
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
Meanwhile in Leeds, suburban warfare still smoulders over the golden pillar box in honour of the triathlon winner Alistair Brownlee.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2012
Did you know that he invented the red pillar box?
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2012
"Perhaps I will change one person's mind today," I thought proudly as I walked to the pillar box.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2011
At the peep of dawn I pushed the envelope, tight as a drum with its contents, into the pillar box and went to cool my burning head on the ramparts.
From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Lewisohn, Ludwig
