draymen
- plural of drayman.
Example Sentences
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Below the ranks of skilled craftsmen, were the carters, draymen, and laborers who kept urban commerce moving by land, as throngs of sailors did by sea.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
It may explain why office clerks, shoppers, draymen and school children seem to be increasingly satisfied with a sandwich-and-milkshake lunch at the widespreading U. S. "sandwich bars."
From Time Magazine Archive
No tough arm bends the spinning yew, And jolly draymen ride, in lieu Of Death, upon the shaft!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas
My coat was ripped up the back, and one of the draymen was holding up my arm and showing them all the mermaid, while the other struck matches so as they could see better.
From Deep Waters, the Entire Collection by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
That is because the draymen have taken so much water out of it, little cousin.
From Dotty Dimple Out West by May, Sophie
