postmen

The visits of the postmen were the big events of the day at that time.

Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel 1928

Underpayment has always been a great incentive to dishonesty, and in 1848 we have Punch's assurance that the postmen were the worst paid of all Government employees.

Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

Suddenly, the people we used to call postmen have transmuted into the indie, sarnie and luvvie class.

Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2009

Some would act as "postmen", delivering messages home.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

As for the long line of "postmen" that stretched back into the dim interior of France -- it was rarely that they even heard the guns.

Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson

In order that the crime of killing the "postmen" may be recognized in its true light, it is but fair that I should say, that the brutes, having partaken once of the good cheer on board or around the ships, seldom seemed satisfied with the mere empty honours of a copper collar, and returned to be caught over and over again.

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Sherard Osborn 1848

It's a golden opportunity to see the giants of football compete against amateur teams made up of people with ordinary professions such as postmen, labourers, accountants and policemen, etc.

Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

When questioned about the opened envelopes, the postmen always give the same answer, “That's the way we got it.”

Receiving debit or credit cards by mail in Mexico 2009

They sit between the basic state pension (BSP), unfunded, redistributive and universal, and third tier occupational pensions? modest for postmen, huge for bankers who enjoyed mind-boggling tax deduction perks until Labour, and now the coalition, both capped them for those earning over £150,000.

Is the universal basic pension too good to be true? Michael White 2010

When questioned about the opened envelopes, the postmen always give the same answer, “That's the way we got it.”

Receiving debit or credit cards by mail in Mexico 2009