expressmen

They are the large variety of overalls, such as expressmen and such workers use, with straps going over the shoulders.

White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor Louis Albert Banks 1894

He maintained to the day of his death — and the most experienced expressmen agree with him — that there is profit in carrying letters all over the United States at one cent each, and that the government monopoly of the business alone prevents the people from enjoying such a boon.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Remembering Lysander Spooner: 2009

"Leave the cases the way they are," he said to the expressmen.

The Story of a China Cat Laura Lee Hope

Monterey sent several expressmen to their countrymen, warning them of their danger, as they felt that the Mexicans could, without a doubt, completely annihilate them.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters

The rebel postmaster-general, in _his_ report, made, you remember, an elaborate argument to justify the Jeff Davis law, which forbids the sending of newspapers and periodicals by expressmen.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

We shipped the drops at length-rates -- as all scenery is charged for by expressmen and railroads -- to the next town.

Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page

The notice, "This side up, &c.," did not avail with the different expressmen, who hesitated not to handle the box in the usual rough manner common to this class of men.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

It being granted, he succeeded in making an exchange of the lieutenant for one of his expressmen.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters

I must praise the men who were engaged in this business, for they were not only teamsters, but errand boys -- expressmen we would call them now -- as well as purchasers of provender and general commercial agents of the Association; and their combined tasks were hard and difficult.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

The expressmen overhauled the exploring party after several days of hard travel and handed to Fremont the communications.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters