drayman

[ drey-muh n ]

/ ˈdreɪ mən /

noun, plural dray·men.

a person who drives a dray.

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weal

well-being, prosperity, or happiness.

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Origin of drayman

First recorded in 1575–85; dray + man¹

Words nearby drayman

dray, dray horse, drayage, drayhorse, draying, drayman, drayton, drch., dre, dread, dreadful

Example sentences from the Web for drayman

High up, like a god, sat the drayman, his little slits of eyes above huge red cheeks fixed immovably on his horses' crests.
Fraternity|John Galsworthy
The two medical men stood leaning upon it, waiting for the drayman to depart.
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton|Wardon Allan Curtis
“Oh, Oliver,” said the drayman, and a fine burst of intelligence p. 197lighted up his broad English countenance.
Lavengro|George Borrow
The drayman produced his bottle, along with his tin pannikin.
Lost Lenore|Charles Beach

She caught the drayman who had unloaded the furniture and hired him to take the desk at once to the Hathaway residence.
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls|Edith Van Dyne (AKA L. Frank Baum)

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