Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box to receive letters.
- noun One of a number of rented boxes in a post-office, in which letters are placed by the postmaster or clerk to be collected by the owners of the boxes at their convenience. More commonly called simply box.
- noun A box to receive letters, affixed at the entrance of a dwelling or place of business, usually upon the inside of the door, with a slit through which letters may be thrust in from without.
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Examples
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The locals said this was because ‘reporting’ anything often resulted in a late night delivery of a pint of petrol through your letter-box. on October 8, 2009 at 11: 56 pm Insp D'eath
How “Police Performance” Fraud Works. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The letter despatched to the letter-box by Teresa, Martin lay back and thought.
Chapter 26 2010
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I waited till the door was shut on me, and slipped the tract into the letter-box.
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He folded the stamps in with his manuscript, dropped it into the letter-box, and from three weeks to a month afterward the postman came up the steps and handed him the manuscript.
Chapter 24 2010
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We have our local paper delivered, propped nicely in our letter-box.
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His hand shook as he tried to raise the letter-box flap.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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But although they craned their necks to see each side, there didn't seem to be any letter-box at all for the postman to slip letters in.
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Try to plan something fun for you and the kids to do each day -- even if it's just walking down the street to the letter-box and letting your "big kid" post a letter.
Coin Toss ewe are here 2007
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I think that widescreen monitors have put an end to it but this is the argument I would always have about not watching a movie in letter-box mode.
Reverse Storyboarding James Gurney 2009
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I waited till the door was shut on me, and slipped the tract into the letter-box.
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