postman
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Margaret Watson was a dinner lady and her husband Jim was doing casual shifts as a postman.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mr. Bonds is as friendly as a whistling postman and, more than that, a baseball genius, according to testimonies from such worthies as Don Mattingly and Dusty Baker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Before fully dedicating himself to music, Lake worked as a postman and did manual labor jobs in the fish processing industry in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The 32-year-old nail technician said they had been planning their wedding since September, after postman Matt, 36, proposed in 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
There was the postman who had pointed out the house to us to-day, and there was Clarice’s mother wiping a chair for me in the back parlour.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
They stayed there for 32 years but when the company went into liquidation they changed careers together, retraining as postmen, a job they did for more than 17 years, working adjacent areas.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
Before long the invitations began pouring out, and the Hobbiton post-office was blocked, and the Bywater post-office was snowed under, and voluntary assistant postmen were called for.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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