pillar-box

• “Into this frankly pathetic scene comes a ministering angel on a pillar-box red scooter.”

  The Guardian: Diary of a separation

• “He gives the option of using either plum or round tomatoes – I find the first gives a more watery, less intense flavour, so settle for the pillar-box red cherries I find treading a fine line between ripe and rotten at my nearby Turkish greengrocers.”

  The Guardian: How to make perfect salsa

• “It berried early during the warm sunny days of autumn and looked unseasonably odd until surrounding trees dropped their leaves and wintry skies set its clusters of fat pillar-box red berries alight.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Wenlock Edge

• “Squirrels are at the unripe hazelnuts already and rowan berries are pillar-box red.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Wenlock Edge

• “The red pillar-box was the immovable post against which the irresistible force of Capitalist individualism was arrested.”

  G.K. Speaks - The Transformation of Socialism

• “Eleanor went to the front door with him and stood holding it open while he went to the pillar-box.”

  The Years

• “She made a great effort to tell her the truth; to tell her about the man at the pillar-box.”

  The Years

• “Its long narrow face was grey; its lips moved; it was the face of the man at the pillar-box, and she was alone with it.”

  The Years

• ““I was going to say — the pillar-box made me think,” Eleanor began; then she laughed.”

  The Years

• ““Abercorn Terrace,” said Eleanor; “... the pillar-box,” she murmured as they drove past.”

  The Years

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