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- n. Plural form of postman.
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“The visits of the postmen were the big events of the day at that time.”
“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
“Suddenly, the people we used to call postmen have transmuted into the indie, sarnie and luvvie class.”
“Some would act as "postmen", delivering messages home.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
The Guardian: Is the universal basic pension too good to be true?
“When questioned about the opened envelopes, the postmen always give the same answer, “That's the way we got it.””
“Yes | No | Report from Del in KS wrote 28 weeks 3 days ago postmen get no respect from wildlife hahahaha.”
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