box number
Britishnoun
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the number of an individual pigeonhole at a newspaper to which replies to an advertisement may be addressed
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the number of an individual pigeonhole at a post office from which mail may be collected
Example Sentences
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Residents will keep their post office box numbers and continue to pick up mail at the post office.
From Los Angeles Times
Breaking his own privacy rules, Bobby even included a PO box number that he could be written to in care of so that the reader could order “additional copies.”
From Literature
One of the people charged was homeless but should have listed any kind of address, like the location of a park bench, rather than a post office box number, Toney said.
From Seattle Times
The woman then told investigators she may have been mistaken and gave them another box number, but investigators determined that the box-batch combination she cited didn’t exist.
From Seattle Times
Voyles then told investigators she may have been mistaken and gave them another box number.
From Seattle Times
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