单词 | pillar letter-box |
释义 | > as lemmaspillar letter-box pillar letter-box n. = pillar box n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > pillar-box postbox1786 pillar-post1840 pillar letter-box1854 pillar box1855 pillar1865 1854 Sci. Amer. 25 Nov. 88/3 It consists of placing pillar letter boxes along the leading thoroughfares, at intervals of half a mile or thereabouts. 1977 Times 26 July 16/7 A Victorian oak pillar letter-box, probably made for John Fitzgibbon, third Earl of Clare, went for £340. < as lemmas |
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