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All were making a frantic attempt to hire expressmen with any kind of vehicle that would move, and most of them were failing.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard

They occupied the exalted position of rural expressmen, and distributed, when various things did not interfere, the occasional freight and mail that survived the careless methods of the vicinity.

From The Place Beyond the Winds by Potter, Harry Spafford

Two expressmen, accompanied by Allen, our chief guide, left us this afternoon for Fort Bridger, to execute some important business and to bring back the mail.

From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by Seville, William P.

Mr. Croyden   protested laughing, "for if you decree that the expressmen be disabled you will never get your crutches."

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware

In the halls girls scurried in every direction and hasty good-bys were said; trunks were carried out noisily by careless expressmen to the vans that stood waiting outside.

From Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by Goss, John