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
In the film, we see Edelsytn dropping the letters into a pillar box.
From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2020
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
The footman had just run out to the pillar box, and another footman was fast asleep in a chair that looked like a baby’s cradle turned upside down.
From Wee Wifie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
