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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
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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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