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iceman

[ ahys-man ]

/ ˈaɪsˌmæn /

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noun, plural ice·men.

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

Nearby words

Origin of iceman

First recorded in 1835–45; ice + man¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for iceman

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
His men ran little or no risk of getting hurt, and even if they did, the iceman would in no way have been responsible.
The Crime of the Century|Henry M. Hunt
She hotly resents the iceman and the butcher and the apothecary's boy, to say nothing of me.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley

For my part I should think she'd rather have a policeman or—or the iceman!
Highacres|Jane Abbott
The iceman bowed, and held his hat in his two hands behind him.
Whirligigs|O. Henry
Hugo paid everything from the rent to the iceman, and this without once making his mother feel a beneficiary.
Half Portions|Edna Ferber

Word Origin and History for iceman

iceman

n.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper