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drayman

American  
[drey-muhn] / ˈdreɪ mən /

noun

plural

draymen
  1. a person who drives a dray.


Etymology

Origin of drayman

First recorded in 1575–85; dray + man

Example Sentences

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To pay his way, he worked not only as a drayman but as a teacher of philosophy, a lecturer, for one summer as a Methodist minister.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despatches ask us to believe: A Dortmund drayman lost an action in a law court.

From Time Magazine Archive

The drayman swore that he meant no harm.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the age of 19, Vaselli enlisted in the army for one single purpose: to save enough money to buy eight mules and a partnership with a go-ahead drayman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes they let him ride with the drayman.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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