deliveryman
Americannoun
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deliverymen
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Origin of deliveryman
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For example, he might opt to pick up groceries ordered through the app Instacart to save on fees and tipping a deliveryman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
He continued his studies in Kentucky, at the University of Kentucky and then University of Louisville, and worked as a pizza deliveryman to help with tuition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The deliveryman, Michael White, was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Sean Schellenger.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
But prosecutors said he had been responsible for co-ordinating it, and they traced two phone numbers used by a deliveryman back to him.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
Before his job as a sand pounder, Cullen had worked as a deliveryman for Macy's department store in New York City.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
The bicycle remained an essential part of Rwandan life, from competitive city teams to weekday commuters to deliverymen pedaling tall cans of milk over cratered dirt roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
As Cho's script explains in the expository dump that is the opening episode, deliverymen are highly skilled fighters-for-hire, able to outrun or fend off marauding bands of hunters.
From Salon ● May 13, 2023
Usually, she said, deliverymen just say hello and hand her a receipt.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2020
On a recent walk from SoHo to the Upper West Side, I saw probably fewer than 20 people — police officers, deliverymen on bikes and a couple of dog-walkers.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2020
There are two deliverymen watching her, either interested in catching her with the couch they’re moving into the building or else placing bets on if she’s a Decker or not.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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