expressman

I must be careful or I'll go back home and call the expressman a 'carrier' and a pie a 'tart' and a cracker a

Kent Knowles: Quahaug Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

So, the fellow calls the expressman, an 'tells him to get the package at a nice remote spot, an' to deliver it to you, an 'collect on delivery. "

The Criminal C.O.D Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, 1909-1976 1940

It was a pallid-eyed youth of eighteen in overalls who received Michael, receipted for him to the expressman, and carried his crate into a slope-floored concrete room that smelled offensively and chemically clean.

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Although not a direct descendant, he is collaterally related to Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815-1895), the early American expressman.

Whatever Became of Dick Cheney? 2009

She was ready for the end, waiting for the expressman, when the door opened and in walked Lester.

Jennie Gerhardt 2004

It was several days before she could bring herself to the actual execution of the plan, but one afternoon, Lester, having telephoned that he would not be home for a day or two, she packed some necessary garments for herself and Vesta in several trunks, and sent for an expressman.

Jennie Gerhardt 2004

"And neither does nobody else," declared the expressman excitedly.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

Frank said nothing to the town expressman about having lent Marty Day the money that the boy had evidently needed to pay his traveling expenses.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

Nelson had made no mistake when he took the expressman into the plot.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long

Nelson, although he lingered to say something in a low tone to Janice, was right behind the expressman.

The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long