postman
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Before fully dedicating himself to music, Lake worked as a postman and did manual labor jobs in the fish processing industry in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
On a chilly Saturday morning in December 1976, postman Nigel Rossiter pulled up outside the isolated Ffynon Samson farmhouse in west Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Nobody had noticed she was here. She had managed to keep herself completely incognito," said Murdo, a postman in the Scottish Borders.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Royal Mail said residents can use another nearby postbox or hand stamped letters to their postman or woman.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Every one of the fruit rolls was successful, except for the time we had a retired postman for General Science 1H5.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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“I ask the postmen in Spain to work to the maximum, morning, afternoon and night,” Feijóo said during a campaign rally in Murcia on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Other professional groups, from barristers to postmen, also plan to hit the barricades in coming weeks to demand more pay read more .
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022
"It is always gratifying when our customers recognise the hard work of their postmen or women who deliver in all weathers six days a week," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2022
I don’t know that postmen today can work until they’re 55 and then retire.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
The boys worked as neighborhood postmen, delivering draft notices and monthly ration cards.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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