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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By late 2025, StubHub changed the address again, this time using its old Draper post office box number with an Atlanta ZIP Code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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 ● Feb. 10, 2022
That made it impossible to discern eligibility for the students who listed their post box number with the school’s main campus address, rather than their dorm name or off-campus residential address, Scott said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
The address for Ford’s mother, Pheobe L. Jones, was a Slocomb route and box number when he died, Hoehn said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2018
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 "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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