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Word: mailboxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...TIME isn't delivered "on the dot" in our mailbox it invariably costs me 15?, because she goes straight to the drug store and buys an extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 3, 1933 | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

Here the modern Mercury paused to read a postcard from Carcassonne, France, but as all he could see was "Having a swell time, wish you were here," he discarded it into a mailbox and shouldered his bag anew. "That is the trouble with education; they try to fill you full of a lot of stuff that never will do you any good. I suppose Greek and Latin are going to help you make money, or Shakespeare to do a good job delivering letters? My son isn't going to take any of that stuff--he's going to take practical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Greek Classics Of Little Use To Cynical Mail-Carrier Who Abandoned Books In Disgust--Urges More Practical Courses | 3/9/1932 | See Source »

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