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letter carrier

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Word History and Origins

Origin of letter carrier1

First recorded in 1545–55

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Example Sentences

The tops of snow-covered trees are visible below, as the robotic letter carrier navigates the skies of the Siberian winter twilight.

I think it was a morale booster for letter carriers to see a new vehicle, to see a fleet, and to see something that looked good on the street.

The Facebook page says he became a letter carrier in Erie in August 2018.

Beginning Thursday, letter carriers nationwide were directed to “physically go to every delivery point, regardless of if they have mail,” to check for election items.

Residents here say they’ve long looked after their letter carrier, making sure she had enough masks and gloves when the pandemic started.

He had been ever ready to come in on his day off to fill in when a fellow letter carrier fell ill or had a personal emergency.

He was a letter carrier unlike any other, or perhaps exactly like the iconic mailman of another era.

But it would be without the letter carrier who knew his route more by names and particular needs than by street numbers.

Then she wrinkled her funny little nose, laughed again, and from that instant the letter-carrier became her abject slave.

The shrill call of a letter-carrier's whistle banished the silent fury into which he had worked himself.

I've never seen it, but I know it better than any letter-carrier in the district.

He became a letter-carrier, only to lose his situation and undergo a severe term of imprisonment for stealing letters.

As she neared the cottage on her return home she caught sight of the letter carrier approaching the gate.

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