Definition of "pillar-box" [pillar-box]

• Same as pillar letter-box (which see, under pillar). (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

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