Definition of "postboy" [post•boy]

• A male postilion. (noun)
• A boy who carries letters from the post. (noun)

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• "The SKYDSGUT, or so-called postboy, for the next stage of the journey, was a full-grown man of considerable weight."
• "There was no mail coach -- no driver in scarlet -- no mail guard -- no passengers, but only a ramshackle iron mail cart -- a "postboy" as driver and carrying no arms."
• "Afterward, he blamed it on transportation limits, the postboy, the fact that the newspapers were three or four days old by the time he read them over toast and coffee."