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night safe

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noun

  1. a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Families have gathered under olive trees in a small field to pitch shelters where survivors can spend the night, safe from aftershocks even if their damaged homes stayed mostly erect.

From Reuters ● Sep. 10, 2023

"You have the likes of the Valley Hotel and the butchers. There is not going to be a night safe, so what are they going to do with their takings?," she asks.

From BBC ● May 22, 2022

Even after his mother walked through the door late that night, safe but shaken, his protective impulse remained.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022

The original night safe and bank manager's private office have been retained and Mr Cooke is currently making plans to transform the underground vault into a farm shop.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2021

Then he opened the night safe, and dropped in the gray bags.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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