Examples of postman

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Where were the postboxes and who were the postmen ?
The majority was made up of railway, dock and foundry workers, miners and low-paid service workers such as postmen and carters.
The postmen were obviously outside more than the sedentary workers but whether this was early in the morning is not clear (mail is often sorted in the morning).
What, for example, would the activity of a postman doing his work in a vacuum be?
In the end, the husband throws the postman through the door (the postman is then on the face side).
The extra figures enable the sorting equipment to sort mail to a specific mail carrier (postman or postwoman).
In neither case, does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation.
The modern state is experienced by its subjects or citizens through various mediations, as postman, policeman, tax-collector, as fire-engines, street-lights, census papers.
They don't so much in towns because they don't really know their postman as they do out in the countryside.
Listen to the following radio interview with a postman in the countryside and answer the questions below.
However, two side of the postman is needed: profile and face side.
Two different postman is made: one which is static, and a second which is walking (the legs are moving).
Each one will be used in different case (when the postman walks or not).
We can salute them, these postmen who, whatever the weather, sometimes walk for miles to be able to offer this service to everyone.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Then he pushes down the bell button and waits for someone open the door; a woman opens the door and comes just in front of the postman.
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