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postwoman



NOUN
mail carrier
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North Ronaldsay postwoman Sarah Moore said: "It's really exciting to be involved in this trial. North Ronaldsay is a very remote area of the UK and I'm proud to be involved."

From BBC Oct. 6, 2021

Peter Kelly said his postwoman had told him ducking underneath the trailing begonias and geraniums to get to his front door was hurting her back.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2014

Mr Kelly said he first heard about the concerns after speaking to the postwoman on Monday after not receiving any letters for a fortnight.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2014

“You are the postwoman, I suppose?” said I, as I took the letter. 

From Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 by Thomas Seccombe

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!

From Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie




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