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a mail delivery route in a rural area.

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First recorded in 1895–1900

These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Did the airline file a flight plan that took account of the weather en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore?
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
AirAsia has now been grounded on this route by the Indonesians.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Otis, who tells me he was called “Saladin” on the inside, has taken an almost tragically circuitous route in getting here.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Alice Arden, you little dream of the man and the route by which, possibly, deliverance is speeding to you.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Upon our return from this river Saint John, our route turned towards the country of the Armouchiquoys.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Mais, dpartans un peu de pense d'avec eux, comme nous fismes lors de presence, continuons nostre route et voyage.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various