mailman
IPA: mˈeɪɫmæn
noun
- (Canada, US) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes
- A surname.
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Examples of "mailman" in Sentences
- (I guess my mailman is reading even faster than before.)
- The mailman is here with letters from your friend in another town.
- The mailman is supposed to deliver mail to the door of each apartment.
- The nation's top mailman is turning in his bag, retiring after a lifetime of service with the U.S. Postal Service.
- Or are you one of them little yappy dogs who sounds all tough as long as the mailman is on the other side of the fence?
- For instance, we can hear Copland-esque rhythmic jauntiness in mailman Mario's funny exchanges with Neruda and out-takes of Britten's Peter Grimes to indicate foreboding, and even hints of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in some choral passages.
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