Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pillar letter-box (which see, underpillar ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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It berried early during the warm sunny days of autumn and looked unseasonably odd until surrounding trees dropped their leaves and wintry skies set its clusters of fat pillar-box red berries alight.
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Into this frankly pathetic scene comes a ministering angel on a pillar-box red scooter.
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He gives the option of using either plum or round tomatoes – I find the first gives a more watery, less intense flavour, so settle for the pillar-box red cherries I find treading a fine line between ripe and rotten at my nearby Turkish greengrocers.
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He gives the option of using either plum or round tomatoes – I find the first gives a more watery, less intense flavour, so settle for the pillar-box red cherries I find treading a fine line between ripe and rotten at my nearby Turkish greengrocers.
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Into this frankly pathetic scene comes a ministering angel on a pillar-box red scooter.
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Squirrels are at the unripe hazelnuts already and rowan berries are pillar-box red.
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The red pillar-box was the immovable post against which the irresistible force of Capitalist individualism was arrested.
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Eleanor went to the front door with him and stood holding it open while he went to the pillar-box.
The Years 2004
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She made a great effort to tell her the truth; to tell her about the man at the pillar-box.
The Years 2004
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Its long narrow face was grey; its lips moved; it was the face of the man at the pillar-box, and she was alone with it.
The Years 2004
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