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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In works of art the value of contrast is well known, and a better example than the face of the postboy offers to that of his questioner could not be imagined.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by William Powell Frith
By and by the postboy came, half dressed, sulky, and rubbing his eyes.
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
“Tell the postboy to go a little faster, Edward,” the old gentleman called out to a footman on the box.
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by George Manville Fenn
We shall have the postboy striking for double pay if Miss Avory’s correspondents don’t hold their hand.”
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
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