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expressman

[ ik-spres-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural ex·press·men [ik-, spres, -m, uh, n, -men].
  1. a person who makes collections or deliveries for an express company.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of expressman1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; express + man
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Example Sentences

Cassidy and the expressman puffed freely and looked at the thing as if wondering how two men had ever been equal to it.

The expressman came about this time, but he didn't take her trunk.

Well—yes—I suppose that is the impression we are giving the expressman over there.

You may telephone the expressman to have my trunk sent here.

He did not see her again until he had had his luggage passed and turned it over to an expressman.

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