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iceman

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ice·man  (smn)
n.
1. A man who cuts, sells, or delivers ice.
2. Slang A hired killer.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.iceman - someone who cuts and delivers ice
delivery boy, deliveryman, deliverer - someone employed to make deliveries
2.icemaniceman - a professional killer                
hatchet man
liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
Translations
iceman [ˈaɪsmæn] N (icemen (pl))
1. (US) → vendedor m or repartidor m de hielo
2. (Archeol) → hombre m de hielo


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At other times anyone could dance who paid his money and was orderly; the railroad men, the roundhouse mechanics, the delivery boys, the iceman, the farm-hands who lived near enough to ride into town after their day's work was over.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Laura Lean Jibbey, peanut brittle, a little almond cream on the neck muscles, dishes unwashed, half an hour's talk with the iceman, reading a package of old letters, a couple of pickles and two bottles of malt extract, one hour peeking through a hole in the window shade into the flat across the air-shaft--that's about all there is to it.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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