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Letter box   /lˈɛtər bɑks/   Listen
Letter box

noun
1.
A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.  Synonyms: call box, PO Box, POB, Post-Office box.
2.
Public box for deposit of mail.  Synonyms: mailbox, postbox.
3.
A private box for delivery of mail.  Synonym: mailbox.






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"Letter box" Quotes from Famous Books



... him now—he was forsaken and alone! And yet he went toward the north; which road he went by he did not know, but after a time he found himself standing before his own door and staring at the rusty little letter box. Within there was a sound of weeping; he could hear Ellen moving to and fro, preparing everything for the night. Then he turned and hastened away, and did not breathe easily until he had turned the corner ...
— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... when Mr. Fortune received through the post letters upon which militancy had squirted its oppression and its determination in black and viscid form through the aperture of the letter box. "And you're sticking up for them!" declared Mr. Fortune in a very great passion. "You're deliberately sticking up for them. You—pah!—pouff!—paff! I have got the abominable stuff all over ...
— If Winter Comes • A.S.M. Hutchinson

... sale of postage stamps to collectors is estimated at $10 million annually. Low business taxes (the maximum tax rate is 20%) and easy incorporation rules have induced about 25,000 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein. Such companies, incorporated solely for tax purposes, provide 30% of state revenues. The economy is tied closely to Switzerland's economy ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... be all right if she doesn't go at it too hard," Polly said, assuringly. "Wonder if we have any mail?" She stopped before the Senior letter box. "One for you, Lo, from your mother, and one for me. Let's go in English room and read ...
— Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School • Dorothy Whitehill

... it with considerable apprehension if I am fortunate enough ever to get into your good books." His little speech ended with a gasp. The letter which he was holding carelessly in his fingers had almost slipped from them into the locked letter box. ...
— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason



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