expressman
noun
a person who makes collections or deliveries for an express company.
expressmen
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pluralof expressman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These a pair of brawny expressmen rolled into the studio and carried thence to the storeroom which separated the bedroom and bath from the kitchen.
From The Moonlit Way by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
When she caught sight of Genevieve's sweet face back of the bored expressmen, she gave a little cry, ran forward, set down her suitcase and clasped her young cousin in her arms.
From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Elizabeth Garver Jordan
Yesterday two husky expressmen deposited in our front hall a crate full of expensive furry animals built to be consumed by the children of the rich.
From Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
In 1863 Mr. Bierstadt returned from the Pacific coast via the Overland stage route, which was then conducted by Russell, Majors & Waddell, the pioneer stage and pony expressmen of the plains.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
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 John Goss
