vanman

[ van-man, -muhn ]

noun

, plural van·men [van, -men, -m, uh, n].

1. a person who works on a van, especially the driver.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vanman¹

First recorded in 1880–85; van ² + man

Example Sentences

A vanman was offered fifty shillings a week, a housekeeper thirty shillings a week all found; for an errand-boy fifteen shillings a week was suggested, and ten pounds as a bonus to the parents of the child that was to be adopted.

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“I shall leave it on the pavement, then, and M. Finsbury can arrange with the Vestry as he likes,” said the vanman.

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“It doesn’t matter who you are,” said the vanman.

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“Well, sir,” said the vanman, “I never see such a job.”

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The vanman, I hear you suggest, in a lucid interval.

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