Definitions

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  • noun rare A female postal worker.

Etymologies

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mail +‎ women

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Examples

  • When the mailwoman walked up Fabre's front steps, past Belle, his white cat, she delivered six glossy, full-color political fliers ballyhooing candidates up and down the ballot.

    Pa. voters under assault: Ads from 3 states and stacks of mail every day Philip Rucker 2010

  • I'll be sure to relay this startling piece of information along to the firefighters, policemen, public school and university teachers and staff, the mailwoman, The guy at DMV.

    Obama judged on jobs 2009

  • The mailwoman had two, filled to the gills, boxes for me.

    Are You Buried in Library Supply Catalogs? ricklibrarian 2006

  • Postal Service and my mailwoman, who brings all sorts of unsuspected surprises to my door.

    Berks county news 2010

  • Postal Service and my mailwoman, who brings all sorts of unsuspected surprises to my door.

    Berks county news 2010

  • Totally random fanservice from the totally random hot co-ed mailwoman?

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • It takes me a few days to decorate each door, but I think it is worthwhile because even the mailperson (mailwoman?) gets to enjoy these decorations.

    Blisstree 2009

  • Aria have been if Akari was, I don't know, a mailwoman?

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • He believed the mailwoman had done this and had some kind of problem with him.

    Tucson Weekly 2009

  • She nodded, but not exactly at me, and she asked if I’d given the mailwoman a key.

    ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ 2007

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