postal worker

collocation in English

meaningsofpostalandworker

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postal
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.stəl/us
/ˈpoʊ.stəl/
relating to post or to the public service that collects and delivers ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofpostalandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpostal worker

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Does he envisage them delivering the letter rather than thepostalworker?
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This duty, within his own sphere and competence, is shared by everypostalworker.
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A first offender, apostalworker, he had been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment.
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The letter has to be delivered by thepostalworkerwho reported the incident in the first place.
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I am not blaming thepostalworker.
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For example, a 17-year-oldpostalworkershould not be carrying more than 40 lb of mail.
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It was put to me last week by apostalworkeras the reason why he supported this request in this way.
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As onepostalworkersaid, the incremental scale is enough to make one look back in anger to the date of one's birth.
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He is the son of a retiredpostalworkerand a hospital worker.
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Authorities have identified the suspect as a 42-year-old formerpostalworker.
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He was first a musician, then spent five years as apostalworker.
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He finally finds some stability as apostalworker, until he finds out that his boss is his girlfriend's father.
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Considerable changes were made from the play, including turning the female lead from apostalworkerinto a singer in a female band.
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Hale spent his career as a railroadpostalworkerand a beekeeper.
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Note that thirty strings of cash was the estimated cost to the state of supporting apostalworkerfor one year.
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His father was apostalworkerand himself worked for the postal service before becoming an investigator in 1969.
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His father was apostalworker.
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He was originally apostalworker.
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Capitalizing on the lack of support for thepostalworkerunion, the federal government moved quickly in 1978 to crush the workers, imposing back-to-work legislation.
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Joining the strike, it was argued, was a show of support for the postal workers and a logical step to take following the railway workers' joining of the strike.
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