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postwoman



NOUN
mail carrier
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North Ronaldsay postwoman Sarah Moore said: "It's really exciting to be involved in this trial. North Ronaldsay is a very remote area of the UK and I'm proud to be involved."

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

Mr Kelly said he first heard about the concerns after speaking to the postwoman on Monday after not receiving any letters for a fortnight.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2014

Peter Kelly said his postwoman had told him ducking underneath the trailing begonias and geraniums to get to his front door was hurting her back.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2014

I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career—but the Armistice intervened!

From Secret Adversary by Christie, Agatha

The door of the small fuchsia-covered cottage was open, and the postwoman, still in her uniform, was newly returned from her upland tramp, and was blowing sticks into a blaze under her kettle.

From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela




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