expressman
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On Saturday, Nubbins' father had worked in the kitchen, hanging ornaments on the fir branch and answering the side door every time the postman, the delivery boy or the expressman knocked.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three grocers, steamfitter, repair man, auto salesman, two clerks, merchant, expressman, broker and railroad agent who sat in judgment on Oilman Sinclair stayed out of the courtroom less than two hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Harry Truman stepped off the Presidential Special in Independence, Mo. an expressman called: "Hello, you old goat."
From Time Magazine Archive
Son of a former Seattle expressman, he was raised as a Protestant, stood second in his high-school class of 500.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was an expressman with the largest box Mr. Popper had ever seen.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
When she caught sight of Genevieve's sweet face back of the bored expressmen, she gave a little cry, ran forward, set down her suitcase and clasped her young cousin in her arms.
From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver
Mr. Croyden protested laughing, "for if you decree that the expressmen be disabled you will never get your crutches."
From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware
She had refused to receive a dead cat, and the expressmen had taken the box away again.
From Mike Flannery On Duty and Off by Butler, Ellis Parker
Two expressmen, accompanied by Allen, our chief guide, left us this afternoon for Fort Bridger, to execute some important business and to bring back the mail.
From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by Seville, William P.
It looked curious to see expressmen and teamsters wearing those veils.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard
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