ice man
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Scots took to the "wee ice man"; today the game venerates him.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 12, 2018
The cottage we rented didn’t have a refrigerator; there was an ice man who delivered blocks of ice for the chest.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
“I turned into this ice man in a way,” he says.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2017
“We didn’t have a refrigerator—the ice man would come and he’d put ice in the ice box,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2016
The first thing she did in the new home, while Johnny was helping the ice man carry in the furniture, was to nail down the bank in a closet.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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