Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who carries and delivers mail.
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- noun rare A female
letter carrier , a woman whodelivers mail .
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Examples
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Saturday the rural route postwoman beeped the horn at the end of our driveway to alert me to a delivery, didn't wait long enough for me to get out there, and then drove off with the medication I needed to inject my horse.
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Activism should be permitted to be more than solely being a postman/postwoman, or producer of literature.
Archive 2007-01-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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'A 'PAINFULLY' shy postwoman dressed up as a burlesque artist to raise money for needy children....
Archive 2007-11-01 Burlesque Daily 2007
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'A 'PAINFULLY' shy postwoman dressed up as a burlesque artist to raise money for needy children....
News Post: Miss Exotic World 2007 Goes Postal! Burlesque Daily 2007
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Losh, but the old wife was angry when the postwoman, Maggie McTaggart, handed in your envelope!
My Bones Will Keep Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1977
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Briggs told his daughter and his daughter mentioned it to the postwoman and she told me, 'said Mrs Bantry.
A Mirror Cracked From Side To Side Christie, Agatha 1962
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I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career -- but the Armistice intervened!
Secret Adversary Agatha Christie 1933
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I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career -- but the Armistice intervened!
The Secret Adversary CHRISTIE, Agatha, Dame 1922
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"You are the postwoman, I suppose," said I, as I took the letter.
The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842
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"You are the postwoman, I suppose," said I, as I took the letter.
The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842
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