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Word: postman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...collected for the college postman at Yale this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/20/1889 | See Source »

...young ladies of Boston and vicinity eagerly await the postman nowadays, and are rendered happy by the receipt of Class Day invitations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/13/1887 | See Source »

...grand ball for the benefit of Boston and Cambridge letter-carriers will be given on April 22nd. Tickets may be procured of "Billy" the postman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/17/1887 | See Source »

Billy, the postman, is off duty a day or two, on account of sickness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/9/1885 | See Source »

...steps of Billy, the postman, receded from the door, the worthy senior rose, picked up the bill, returned to his seat, relighted his pipe, opened the envelope, and then soliloquized as follows, while he read down the list of items: "Humph, here we have 'em again. Another Xmas card from the Bursar, Well, let's see how the score stands on this round. Well, first thing instruction, $50; now that's good. I've been to about 'steed recitations this year, and at half of them I've flunked, while at the other half I've spent my hour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Term Bills | 12/22/1884 | See Source »

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