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the postman comes at around nine every morning
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In 1968, an overzealous pup nipped a postman delivering mail to Balmoral Castle.
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.
—Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.
—Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for postman
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postman. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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postman
noun
post·man
ˈpōs(t)-mən 
-ˌman
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