noun
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a man or boy who brings the post round to offices
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another name for postilion
Etymology
Origin of postboy
Example Sentences
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Bring the bag here,” he called out in Dutch, as the postboy was about to pass.
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford
But the postboy, a sportsman with his heart in the game, had ridden in, waving his whip and shouting for horses, and his good word spread like magic.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
He had kept his postboy up to the mark: he had spared neither money nor prayers, nor, it must be added, curses.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
Come here, Helen; sit down in my own chair here, and get warm, and then the words will thaw and come forth like the notes from the horn of Munchausen's postboy.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
Postillion, pōs-til′yun, n. a postboy: one who guides posthorses, or horses in any carriage, riding on one of them.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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