"box number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: box numbers [plural]
Etymology: Literally, the number of a box into which mail for a particular recipient is placed. Head templates: {{en-noun}} box number (plural box numbers)
  1. A numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement). Categories (topical): Post Synonyms: box no. [abbreviation, common]
    Sense id: en-box_number-en-noun-xk1M94UP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "They didn't give me a proper address, only a box number."
        },
        {
          "text": "Would anyone with knowledge of the present whereabouts of Mrs Doris Miggins, formerly of Station Road, please contact Box No. 99, Puddletown Evening Gazette."
        }
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