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  • noun a mailman or mailwoman

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Examples

  • Thinking of individuals who planted the corn, watered the soil, picked the yams, and plucked the cranberries, I acknowledge their labors and lives, feel the connection and hope for an enveloping 'us,' and wrap the homeless volunteer mailperson and his helper in my appreciative embrace.

    Amy Spies: Thanksgiving Karma Amy Spies 2011

  • But now that it's been pointed out to me, I can't stop thinking how bored Casey looks, except when -- like every other dog in America -- he flies around in circles, howling, as the mailperson rounds the corner onto our block.

    Susan Orlins: Is my Dog Bored? Worrywart Wonders 2010

  • Anyway, I'm going to be here with my Raison d'etre, if my horribly unreliable mailperson who tends to jam letters into the box any which way (fold, spindle, and mutilate) ever shows up.

    And by experts, we mean people who love the film Napoleon Dynamite. jmeadows 2008

  • Oh, and my mailperson doesn't seem to know what Interzone is, as I have no issues receiving it ...

    Interzone Issue #209 2007

  • But maybe the truth is that every mailperson in the City has knowledge to pass on, because the West 20th Street block between Eighth and Ninth Avenues is no more nor less than a city synecdoche.

    David Finkle: Do You Know the Muffin Man? Yes, He Lives Down the Block 2009

  • Oh, and my mailperson doesn't seem to know what Interzone is, as I have no issues receiving it ...

    May 2007 2007

  • If it hadn't been for Karen, the mailperson, I still wouldn't know about The Muffin House and its importance to history and to my block, West 20th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

    David Finkle: Do You Know the Muffin Man? Yes, He Lives Down the Block 2009

  • LS: Chavo is our unofficial greeter -- happily wagging his tail and greeting tourists, the mailperson, visitors, and anyone else who walks in the office.

    Michael Markarian: Dogs at Work: A Q&A with Congresswoman Linda S��nchez 2009

  • The mailperson trudged up the walk and shoved the mail through the slot.

    Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009

  • So you can go to this Web site and you can save the planet and save your mailman or mailperson or mail carrier, I guess is the politically correct ...

    CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2007 2007

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