deliveryman

[dih-liv-uh-ree-man, -muh n]

noun, plural de·liv·er·y·men

[dih-liv-uh-ree-men, -muh n] /dɪˈlɪv ə riˌmɛn, -mən/.

a person employed to make deliveries of merchandise to purchasers, usually by means of a truck.

Origin of deliveryman

First recorded in 1915–20; delivery + man¹

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Examples from the Web for deliveryman

Contemporary Examples of deliveryman

“All the lights were off,” the deliveryman recalled from his food order he brought over early on Friday.
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December 16, 2014
The actress even has the deliveryman scratch her back as she kicks her leg up in the air like a dog.
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April 1, 2013
He got 30 years for the probation-violating gun possession, and another 10 for holding up the deliveryman.
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February 26, 2009

Historical Examples of deliveryman

The top of the milk bottle over which the milk is poured is exposed to contamination from the hands of the deliveryman.
Outlines of dairy bacteriology
H. L. Russell