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postie

noun
pos·tie | \ˈpō-stē \

Definition of postie 

British

: letter carrier

Examples of postie in a Sentence

the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business

First Known Use of postie

1611, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for postie

by shortening & alteration from postman

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