iceman

[ahys-man]

noun, plural ice·men.

a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.

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Origin of iceman

First recorded in 1835–45; ice + man¹

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Examples from the Web for iceman

Contemporary Examples

I had just come from doing these festivals with Iceman, and everyone was talking about how fragile I was.
Winona Ryder Dishes on ‘Homefront,’ ‘Beetlejuice 2,’ and Generation X
Andrew Romano
November 27, 2013
Each time—Star Trek, Black Swan, The Iceman—she has proven that her iconic status is no fluke.
Winona Ryder Dishes on ‘Homefront,’ ‘Beetlejuice 2,’ and Generation X
Andrew Romano
November 27, 2013
Your Hickey in The Iceman Cometh has become legendary and most recently you played Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Kevin Spacey on Casino Jack
Kevin Sessums
December 14, 2010

Historical Examples

For my part I should think she'd rather have a policeman or—or the iceman!
Highacres
Jane Abbott
There is the Gasman, and man who inspects the water-meter, and the Iceman, and the Plumber.
The Idiot at Home
John Kendrick Bangs
The grocer, the butcher and the iceman all conspired against him.
Short Stories of the New America
Various
You haven't used that tone since Euphemia baked a pie for the iceman.
The Man in Lower Ten
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The iceman bowed, and held his hat in his two hands behind him.
Whirligigs
O. Henry

Word Origin and History for iceman

n.

1844, from ice (n.) + man (n.).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper