"posty" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1892 June, L[ucy] B[ethia] Walford, “A Question of Penmanship”, in Longman’s Magazine, volume XX, number CXVI, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 164:",
          "text": "‘He is popping in and out—and popping every moment closer to us. Postmen cover the ground quickly; I must say that for them. There he pops out again! He is only two pops away from us now, mother,’ to a lady who sat at work within. ‘Aren’t you excited, mother? I tell you the posty is only two—now he is only one away!—he will be here immediately’—the syllables died from the speaker’s tongue—‘he—he—O Muriel, he is actually coming!’",
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          "text": "“‘Wot was that knock?’ I sez to meself. An’ I dunno wot started me, fur I ’adn’t noticed it at the time. But wot if it was the posty? With that, I run dahnstairs into the shop. / “‘Who knocked?’ I sez to ’im. / “‘Postman,’ ’e sez.",
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          "ref": "2014, Daniel P. Douglas, “Echo Tango”, in Truth Insurrected: The Saint Mary Project, Albuquerque, N.M.: Geminid Press, →ISBN, page 64:",
          "text": "Maybe the posty is nipping vodka on his rounds. Can’t say that I would blame him, just as long as we get our mail on time.",
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          "text": "‘He is popping in and out—and popping every moment closer to us. Postmen cover the ground quickly; I must say that for them. There he pops out again! He is only two pops away from us now, mother,’ to a lady who sat at work within. ‘Aren’t you excited, mother? I tell you the posty is only two—now he is only one away!—he will be here immediately’—the syllables died from the speaker’s tongue—‘he—he—O Muriel, he is actually coming!’",
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