postman
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During the trial Bartlett, formerly a postman, insisted he had not harmed his son.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Royal Mail said residents can use another nearby postbox or hand stamped letters to their postman or woman.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
A postman is said to have found the man's body in Grange Road before the vehicle was later discovered in Eastcourt Lane.
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
I wrote a letter to my mother, giving it to the postman the first day we had mail again.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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“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
Two postmen rightly deducted that it was meant for Shane, who regularly had similar boxes delivered.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 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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