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ice man

British  

noun

  1. a man who sells or delivers ice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Scots took to the "wee ice man"; today the game venerates him.

From Golf Digest Jul. 12, 2018

“I turned into this ice man in a way,” he says.

From The Guardian Dec. 22, 2017

“There were only three other foreigners here, just a handful of homestays, and if you wanted a cold beer, you had to wait for the ice man to come from Lombok every few days.”

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2017

“We didn’t have a refrigerator—the ice man would come and he’d put ice in the ice box,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2016

By the early years of World War II, Turner Station had a few paved roads, a doctor, a general store, and an ice man.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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