mail-lady

See also: mail lady and maillady

English

Noun

mail-lady (plural mail-ladies)

  1. Alternative form of mail lady.
    • 1990 April 11, Steve Harvey, “The Case of the Alleged Serial Panty...”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2025:
      Some of the youngsters at Pennekamp Elementary School showed an early awareness of sexual stereotyping by listing their goals as “fire-engine person,” “mail-lady” and “pet store woman.”
    • 1993, Constance Penley, “The Cabinet of Dr. Pee-wee: Consumerism and Sexual Terror”, in Constance Penley, Sharon Wills, editors, Male Trouble (Camera Obscura), Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 121:
      “Think you got a big enough pencil there?” Reba the mail-lady asks Pee-wee as he hauls out a giant pencil to write a letter to his seafaring friend Captain Carl.
    • 2025 November 10, Ian Frazier, “I Bite Back”, in The New Yorker‎[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 November 2025:
      What won’t I do? Bite mailmen or mail-ladies. They have plenty to contend with already. I leave that for the dregs of the personal-injury biters.
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