Postman
['pəʊs(t)mən] or ['postmən]
Definition
(n.) A post or courier; a letter carrier.
(n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Courier, post, letter-carrier.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a postman, denotes that hasty news will more frequently be of a distressing nature than otherwise. See Letter Carrier.
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Examples
- Postman lerrers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Item the second came through the postman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Having put my letter into the post, I passed a restless night: and the next morning, heard the knock of the twopenny postman in extreme agitation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Snodgrass was affected, but he undertook the delivery of the note as readily as if he had been a twopenny postman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I leave you to imagine how I watched for the postman on Tuesday morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You've seen the postman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It's our day for a letter, and the postman hasn't been. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Not only was I soon as well known on the Norwood Road as the postmen on that beat, but I pervaded London likewise. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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