¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postie
1. a letter carrier [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postie
Literary usage of Postie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... signes you shall see, For dead men, through my postie, Shall rise from death
to life. Nowe will I torne all through my thoughts ..."
2. Report by Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture (1913)
"Ewe 2 years old or over—First, R. & W. postie ; Second, Interlaken Farms ; Third
... Ewe 1 year and under 2—First, Interlaken Farms ; Second, R. & W. postie ..."
3. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Thomas Amyot, Robert Dodsley (1853)
"For south then after will I dye, And rise againe through my postie, ... To rayse
them up through my postie, And all through my owne accorde I Wheither I in ..."
4. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"postie ' and she came at four o'clock one morning, and washed up all the ...
postie had also helped to beat the carpets, considering that Eaves' was rather ..."
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