mailman
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Origin of mailman
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The farewell party at the Verdugo Bar was put together by a trio of neighbors who got to know each other because they all wanted to be involved in celebrating their beloved mailman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
All my countless calls to Social Security, with one question they could never answer, were resolved by the mailman today.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
Postal Service and on Wednesday a truck appeared with a mailman who set about making room for more than 400 games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
But until a friend mentioned Hanwha’s hiring spree this spring, Phillips had never considered a future in the industry, having previously worked as a mailman and a commercial landscaper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
The mailman arrived on his bicycle one Saturday as usual.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
It requires a network of processing centers, post offices, layers of management, truck fleets, and a huge force of mailmen and women to drop those credit card offers in your mailbox every afternoon.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2018
Still, it seems fair to say that Jody-ness is not equally distributed among the world’s milkmen and mailmen: There are Jodys, and there are Jodys.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2016
A night-shift postal employee, he heard mailmen were now scared to deliver mail on the street.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2016
Earlier this month, the Post Office Committee reported out still another bill providing the mailmen with a 5.4% increase retroactive to January.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the talks become deadlocked, the mailmen may strike next month.
From Time Magazine Archive
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