| 单词 | general postman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral postman general postman n. [ < general adj. + postman n.1, after general post n.] now historical a person who delivers the general post (as opposed to a penny postman or twopenny postman). ΚΠ 1810 Monthly Mirror May 352 In his right hand he held a letter addressed to ‘Timothy Transfer, Esq. London’, a device..serving..to demonstrate that the general postman required no other direction. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 14 Like a general postman's coat. 1938 E. H. Short & A. Compton-Rickett Ring up Curtain xvi. 254 Representations of the London Newspapers, headed by..The Morning Post, the latter being dressed like a general postman. < as lemmas |
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