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postie

(ˈpəʊstɪ)

informal Scot and Austral and NZ a postman

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[ˈpəʊstɪ] N (Brit) → cartero/a m/f

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POSTIES will join the blitz on knife crime by asking for proof of age before handing over packaged blades.

POSTIES IN KNIFE WAR

PET owners are being urged to keep their pets a "safe distance" from letterboxes to keep posties safe.

Letterbox plea for pet owners

BY STEPHEN WHITE ONE of the last posties to still be doing her round on two wheels has finally hung up her bicycle clips.

On yer bike, postie; Last Royal Mail round using two wheels finally comes to an end

Royal Mail is nipping out the problem of dog attacks on posties - with staff taking awareness courses using virtual reality headsets.

Scared posties go bark to the future; headset training helps tackle hounds Mail staff take virtual dog-defence courses

Posties are using A-virtual reality headsets to learn how to avoid being attacked by dogs.

Posties using virtual reality headsets to learn how to avoid being dog attacks; Royal Mail has used the system more then 750 times since November after a string of horrific attacks in which rogue pets have bitten off fingers, thumbs and even a nose

Our story suggested posties' traditional bikes would be destined to follow red telephone boxes into extinction following the six-month trial of the new mountain-bike style machines.

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ROYAL Mail have axed deliveries to four remote properties because of safety fears for posties.

Posties pulled from remote addresses

The CWU strike ballot result of 89.1% "Yes", on a 73.7% turnout, shows that 73,000 posties think he should sit up and think again.

Posties' union on why it is taking strike action

A NORTH-WEST MP has backed posties at a Royal Mail branch over their refusal to deliver free copies of The Sun.

MP BACKS POSTIES OVER SUN BOYCOTT

A TEAM of heroic posties who alerted residents to a horrific flood will strip off to raise cash for the victims.

First class posties in charity strip off

A TV advert has been axed after claims it makes light of dog attacks on posties.