单词 | letter boy |
释义 | > as lemmasletter boy letter boy n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > person letter bearera1400 breveterc1440 post1507 letter carrier1552 post boy1588 ordinary1592 packet carrier1606 postie1611 woman-posta1616 postwoman1683 letterman1707 postman1758 packeteer1784 letter boy1794 carrier1798 delivery officer1839 post-girl1850 mailman1881 packeter1893 postlady1975 1794 J. Charnock Biogr. Navalis II. 194 This class of young officers were originally called the king's letter-boys. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ix. 176 A stray letter-boy on an obstinate mule. View more context for this quotation 1908 Jrnl. Educ. May 354/2 Pupil teachers..receiving from £25 to £54 a year, or a rate equivalent to that received by a letter boy in the Postal Department at the age of sixteen years. 2008 E. E. Knight Fall with Honor 48 At sixteen I became a letter boy and started biking around with mail. < as lemmas |
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