- Pigeonhole messagebox
A pigeonhole messagebox (commonly referred to as a pigeon hole, or in Oxford colleges as a pidge, known in the United States as a Mailbox, especially in academic or office settings) is a device for
communication commonly used in organisations andeducational institute s in theUnited Kingdom and other countries. Documents and messages are placed in a person's pigeon hole for them to collect; they can reply by putting a response inside the sender's pigeon hole.The name comes from the similarity in appearance to the boxes used in
Pigeon Racing to store the animals whilst in transit.References
ee also
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Tambour desk , a desk with desktop-based drawers and pigeon holes
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