letter-carrier
See also: letter carrier
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]letter-carrier (plural letter-carriers)
- Alternative form of letter carrier.
- 1737 October 15, The Newcastle Courant[1]:
- Laſt Night Mr. Over, his Majeſty’s Letter-Carrier, was aſſaulted on his Return from the Poſt-Office on Horſeback near Cheapſide, […]
- 1869, Velox [pseudonym], “The Velocipede of the Past; and The Art of Velocipede Management”, in Velocipedes, Bicycles, and Tricycles: How to Make and How to Use Them. With a Sketch of their History, Invention, and Progress, London: George Routledge and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 40:
- A number of the country letter-carriers were mounted on the wheel-horse, and whilst the roads continued dry and hard M. Dreuze could congratulate himself on the success of his invention; […]
- 2022 July 30, Andre Ramshaw, “Hotel chain revives ‘classic’ postcard pastime”, in Vancouver Sun, page E6:
- It’s a long way from the postcard’s heyday in the Edwardian era when the humble picture greeting was the WhatsApp of its day, with billions written and delivered annually and letter-carriers making up to 12 drops a day.