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/pˈoʊstmən/ /pˈoʊsmən/ Listen

noun

Postman n. (pl. postmen)

A post or courier; a letter carrier.

(Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Postman" Quotes from Famous Books

... him for his wantonly cruel words. They chatted along merrily for an hour, first about this trifle and then that, completely under the influence of the glorious event, without one thought being given to the cloud, as big as a postman's hand, among Gabrielle's packages, for they did not see ...

— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent

... perspective, manages to record a fleeting glimpse of truth. But you spoil every denouement by those flat, drab, obliterating strokes of your brush that I have so often complained of. If you would rise to the literary pinnacle of your dramatic senses, and paint them in the high colors that art requires, the postman would leave fewer bulky, self-addressed ...

— Strictly Business • O. Henry

... way to the village, which excited universal wonderment. It was a great oblong missive, with the words 'On His Majesty's Service' printed at the top. It had an enormous seal, and was directed to 'Mr Thomas Larkin.' A crowd of idlers followed the postman with this epistolary phenomenon, in the hope of getting some knowledge of its contents. Tom, however, when he read it, coolly put it into his pocket, and walked to the cottage without ...

— Tales for Young and Old • Various

... Guinevere Platt Was so beautiful that She couldn't remember the day When one of her swains Hadn't taken the pains To send her a mammoth bouquet. And the postman had found, On the whole of his round, That no one received such a lot Of bulky epistles As, waiting his whistles, The ...

— Grimm Tales Made Gay • Guy Wetmore Carryl

... there are doubtless many acute minds in power, and many great men in public situations, yet the majority of the people of intellect and of wealth in the United States keep aloof whilst this order of things remains: for, from the penny-postman and the city scavenger to the very President himself, the qualification for ...

— Canada and the Canadians - Volume I • Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

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