ICEMAN

iceman

(noun) someone who cuts and delivers ice

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

iceman (plural icemen)

A person who trades in ice.

A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.

(slang) An assassin.

(slang) One who is cool under pressure.

(dated) A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

Anagrams

• Mencia, anemic, came in, cinema

Source: Wiktionary


Ice"man, n.; pl. Icemen (.

1. A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.

2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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