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12 British vocabulary words
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pillar box
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tags: [britain]
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Definition:a British mail box.
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Uses:
Hyacinth: [squiffed from the gooseberry wine] Mind the pillar box!
Richard: [driving] Minding the pillar box.
BBC. Keeping Up Appearances, season 5: The Country Estate Sale (1995)
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“Your best way then is to turn sharp left by that pillar-box, and then right by the church. After that it’s a straight road.”
Daphne du Maurier. Rebecca (1938)
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[...] pillar box red is such a bright, vibrant red that it's absolutely distinctive. [...] My pillar box here is one of the George V versions; he reigned from 1910 to 1936 [...].
Tony Robinson for the VocalEyes London Beyond Sight project
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