Roundsman

Miraculously, no one was in the weeds; the roundsman, who stepped in wherever he was needed, did his job seamlessly; orders came up on time; the front and back of the house were perfectly in sync. ❋ Jenny Nelson (2010)

As he stepped warily onto the doorstep, I brought in the pint of milk the roundsman left every morning, and the Oxford Times that lay beside it. ❋ Patricia Harwin (2005)

Some day, when The Dutchman was dead, he would write a book and he possessed secrets that no roundsman could even guess at. ❋ Cleary, Jon, 1917- (1994)

Roosevelt had ordered every patrolman and roundsman to take down the names on every doctor's shingle on his beat. ❋ DeAndrea, William L. (1980)

One was that of an old fellow, a veteran of the Civil War, who was a roundsman. ❋ Harold Howland (N/A)

There was none of the loafing stride characteristic of the professional roundsman. ❋ Mary Helen Fee (N/A)

Because he was diseased with a consumption, Evan Roberts in his thirtieth year left over being a drapery assistant and had himself hired as a milk roundsman. ❋ Caradoc Evans (N/A)

The Tenderloin lieutenant, roundsman and sergeant came in for about $100, $50 and $25 a week, while the common patrolman got what blackmail he could on his own account from the unhappy women of the street. ❋ Austin Bidwell (N/A)

Milk roundsman: “A Jew don’t do no work, not the same as what an Englishman does. ❋ Unknown (1945)

The fire-laddie, the ward executive, the wardman, the roundsman, the strong-arm squad, the third-degree, and other such objects of American devotion are unknown in England. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

The roundsman on the beat dropped in, the political boss of the ward, named Hendricks, ❋ Mary Roberts Rinehart (1917)

"The hell they are," said the roundsman aggressively. ❋ Mary Roberts Rinehart (1917)

It was in vain that he argued with himself that only the police were interested in his movements, and the casual roundsman not at all. ❋ Mary Roberts Rinehart (1917)

He was a quiet fellow, with a record free from complaints, and we made him roundsman. ❋ Unknown (1913)

The other man was a patrolman whom we promoted to roundsman for activity in catching a burglar under rather peculiar circumstances. ❋ Unknown (1913)

We promoted to roundsman a patrolman, with an already excellent record, for gallantry shown in a fray which resulted in the death of his antagonist. ❋ Unknown (1913)

One case was that of an old fellow, a veteran of the Civil War, who was at the time a roundsman. ❋ Roosevelt, Theodore (1913)

The man in charge of the school was a roundsman, Petty, whom we promoted to sergeant. ❋ Unknown (1913)