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mailman

[ meyl-man ]

noun

plural mailmen.
  1. a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.


mailman

/ ˈɪˌæ /

noun

  1. another name for postman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mailman1

First recorded in 1860–65; mail 1 + man
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The cheeky son of a mailman became the first American to win the U.S.

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Not too long ago, I did a post about a mailman that was a video I grabbed online — it was an exposé on PBS about the life and times after the 1992 riots.

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When he wasn’t officiating games, Jury was first a mailman and later an officer for the California Highway Patrol.

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Every day she would greet the mailman with a “Hi! How’s it going!” so loud that I could hear it across the street in my home office.

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He added that a mailman told him that no deliveries were made on the days the pantry was open “because of the line of people waiting for food.”

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