snorkel box

snorkel box
 n.— «He said the dropoff mailbox, or “snorkel box,” in post office parlance, will be located at the back of the parking lot near Foley Street.» —“Attention, Santa: all Bristol Postmaster Mike Parent wants before Christmas is a new parking lot” by Jackie Majerus Bristol Press (Conn.) Oct. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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