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postman

[pohst-muhn] / ˈpoʊst mən /


NOUN
mail carrier
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His witty, thoughtful verses broadened the scope of hip-hop with stories about treating your mother with respect and catching your girlfriend cheating with the postman, alongside hard-hitting lyrics about social deprivation and immigration.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

The second postman to speak to the BBC, who we are calling Bob, said the reason people were not getting post on time was simple: "There's not enough staff."

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Ralph Belmonte, a resident of Grange Road for 47 years, said a postman discovered the body on the road after having mistaken it for a dummy strapped to the roof of a driving car.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2025

The postman Joseph Roulin and his wife, Augustine, became Van Gogh’s principal friends during his stay in Arles.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

A crowd of neighbors, including Mr. Jones the postman and Mr. Ritchie the Christmas tree guy, stopped in, along with Mr. Van Hooten, who pulled out his violin and started playing holiday music.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Two current postmen agreed to speak in depth and share pictures of what is going on in their depots.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

“I ask the postmen in Spain to work to the maximum, morning, afternoon and night,” Feijóo said during a campaign rally in Murcia on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times Jul. 18, 2023

Other professional groups, from barristers to postmen, also plan to hit the barricades in coming weeks to demand more pay read more .

From Reuters Jun. 22, 2022

They’re policemen and grocers and postmen and doctors and nurses.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2022

Some of them wore the uniforms of the jobs they’d had too: policemen, postmen, nurses, trolley conductors.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz




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