Postboy
[pәjstbɔi]
Definition
(n.) One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.
(n.) A boy who carries letters from the post.
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- This done, the postboy drove off; Giles, Mr. Maylie, and Oliver, followed at their leisure. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This way, gentlemen; don't trouble yourselves about the postboy now, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Never know'd a churchyard were there wos a postboy's tombstone, or see a dead postboy, did you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You never see a postboy in that 'ere hospital as you _walked _(as they says o' the ghosts), did you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typist: Rachel