mailman
Example Sentences
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As Rowdy and I came bounding into the store, I saw Grandpa and the mailman standing at the counter, looking at a catalogue.
From Literature
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It’s all he ever wanted to do, since he was around 12 years old and accompanied his father, a mailman and part-time shrimper, as he spent weekends trawling the marshy waters off Louisiana.
From Los Angeles Times
Sounds cutesy, but it’s the movie I recommended most — to everyone from my mailman to my mother.
From Los Angeles Times
Postal Service and on Wednesday a truck appeared with a mailman who set about making room for more than 400 games.
But until a friend mentioned Hanwha’s hiring spree this spring, Phillips had never considered a future in the industry, having previously worked as a mailman and a commercial landscaper.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.