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letter box

noun

Definition of letter box

British

Examples of letter box in a Sentence

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And it was championed by a man who once said women in full-face veils looked like letter boxes. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, "The world wonders what's happened to America," 10 Aug. 2019 Those incidents appear in his screenplay, along with bigoted graffiti on the garage door, young boys urinating through the letter box and National Front thugs disrupting a family wedding. — J.t., The Economist, "“Blinded by the Light” captures Bruce Springsteen’s universal truths," 15 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of letter box

1727, in the meaning defined above

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More from Merriam-Webster on letter box

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about letter box

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