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Mailman   /mˈeɪlmˌæn/   Listen
Mailman

noun
(pl. mailmen)
1.
A man who delivers the mail.  Synonyms: carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier, postman.





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"Mailman" Quotes from Famous Books



... entrusted with the delivery of message-sticks by blacks along the route. Invariably the stick was accompanied by a verbal communication—a request for some article (a pipe, a knife, looking-glass, handkerchief) or an inquiry as to the whereabouts or welfare of some relative or friend. The mailman quickly found that the often elaborately graven stick was to no purpose whatever without the verbal message. Frequently the sticks would become far more hopelessly mixed up than the babes in PINAFORE; but as long as he recollected the message aright, not the slightest concern ...
— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield
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Words linked to "Mailman" :   delivery boy, deliveryman, deliverer, postman


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