Meanings
nounmail clerk (plural mail clerks)
plural mail clerks
- a person who does clerical work in a post office.
- a person who handles mail for a business or other establishment.
- rail transporta person who sorts mail in a mail car on a train.
Flange-stacked and cone-nosed, a Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis J-3 4-8-4 gives the mail clerks a look at the trim Alco as she leads the Dixie Limited out of Smyrna, Ga.
1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 74 (photo caption)
Synonyms & antonyms
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