pillar box

pillar box

noun British.
a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox.
Also called pillar post.


Origin:
1855–60
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Pillar box is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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World English Dictionary
pillar box
 
n
1.  (in Britain) a red pillar-shaped public letter box situated on a pavement
 
adj
2.  characteristic of a pillar box (in the phrase pillar-box red)

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