iceman
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- noun
- /ˈaɪsˌmæn/
- Archaic
:
repartidor de hielo
- The long steel tongs in his fist and the thick waterproof pad of black rubber on his shoulder indicated that he was an iceman.
- the old iceman
Examples
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Finally, Meg and Paul made everyone laugh with their silly song, "The Frigidaire Can Never Replace the Iceman."
Fiction book (1990) -
In the early 20th century, the iceman delivered ice to homes without refrigerators.
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- Has the iceman come yet?
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How long have you been an Iceman?
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Jerome's father is an iceman.
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Before electric refrigeration, the iceman was an essential part of every neighborhood.
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Families eagerly awaited the iceman who brought fresh ice during the hot summer months.
Synonyms
A person who cuts blocks of ice and delivers them to people
A woman who cuts and brings blocks of ice to homes
A person or company that supplies ice to shops and events
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Iceman is simply ice + man, meaning a man who carried and sold big blocks of ice before people had refrigerators, so imagine him delivering cold blocks to homes. That's why iceman means a man whose job was to cut and deliver ice.