Definition of Postboxes

1. Noun. (plural of postbox), an (alternative spelling of post box) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postboxes

1. postbox [n] - See also: postbox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postboxes

postbags
postbailout
postbankruptcy
postbariatric
postbase
postbases
postbattle
postbellum
postbiblical
postbinge
postboomer
postbop
postbounce
postbourgeois
postbox
postboxes (current term)
postboxing
postboy
postboys
postbreakup
postbubble
postburn
postbus
postbuses
postcampaign
postcancer
postcanine
postcanines
postcapillaries
postcapillary

Literary usage of Postboxes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer: The Story of His Life, with by William Edward Oswell, David Livingstone (1900)
"... for posts and postboxes do not much abound in the direction we intend moving, and two or three months may probably intervene between my letters, ..."

2. Dutch Type by Jan Middendorp (2004)
"He is best known for the postboxes and the postage stamp machine he designed for the Dutch PTT (commissioned by ].f. van Royen) and a postbox for the ..."

3. Copenhagen & the Best of Denmark Alive! by Norman Renouf (2003)
"... bugle, and crossed arrows in yellow, and a sign saying Kongelig Post og Telegraf. Danish postboxes, bright red, stand out clearly along the street. ..."

4. Northern Portugal by Paul Burton, Denise Burton (2004)
"... (note the interesting carvings around the windows in the ruin on the left here, shown in the photograph below). Pass a group of postboxes on the left ..."

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