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the postman comes at around nine every morning
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And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
In the aftermath of his breakout performance as Bishop in the film Juice, a young Tupac Shakur was plucked by director John Singleton to star as a postman named Lucky in Poetic Justice.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
In the aftermath of his breakout performance as Bishop in the film Juice, a young Tupac Shakur was plucked by director John Singleton to star as a postman named Lucky in Poetic Justice.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postman. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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postman
noun
post·man
ˈpōs(t)-mən 
-ˌman
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