mailman
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Postal authorities have not identified the mailman in the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
All my countless calls to Social Security, with one question they could never answer, were resolved by the mailman today.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
Postal Service and on Wednesday a truck appeared with a mailman who set about making room for more than 400 games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
When he wasn’t officiating games, Jury was first a mailman and later an officer for the California Highway Patrol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
The plan before Max left was made by Dr. Schillinger and involves paying off the mailman, a man Dr. Schillinger knew before the war.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
It requires a network of processing centers, post offices, layers of management, truck fleets, and a huge force of mailmen and women to drop those credit card offers in your mailbox every afternoon.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2018
Still, it seems fair to say that Jody-ness is not equally distributed among the world’s milkmen and mailmen: There are Jodys, and there are Jodys.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2016
A night-shift postal employee, he heard mailmen were now scared to deliver mail on the street.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2016
A stop-the-clock postal pay deal aids the battle against inflation All across the country, mailmen gathered in their union offices, and as the clock approached midnight the tension began to rise.
From Time Magazine Archive
For misanthropic mutts, one maker has brought out People Crackers, which are shaped like mailmen and cops, with the slogan: "Give your dog a little somebody between meals."
From Time Magazine Archive
