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Robin Garbutt has spent the last 12 years behind bars after being convicted in 2011 of killing his postmistress wife Diana above their shop in Melsonby, North Yorkshire.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
When his mother, the postmistress, died, Ms. Sweeney succeeded her in the job.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
Left with only a small life insurance policy and a meager pension, her mother made ends meet by taking in sewing and working part time in a grocery store before becoming the Plains postmistress.
—Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
Her mother, Mary (Canning), Bolton, was the local postmistress.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Named for the university’s postmistress and librarian Amelia Gayle Gorgas, who was the wife of Confederate General Josiah Gorgas, the university’s eighth president and librarian.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 7 June 2020
His mother, Angela (Salvi) Gimondi, was the town’s postmistress; his father, Mosè, managed a gravel-trucking business.
—Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2019
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The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
When his mother, the postmistress, died, Ms. Sweeney succeeded her in the job.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
Left with only a small life insurance policy and a meager pension, her mother made ends meet by taking in sewing and working part time in a grocery store before becoming the Plains postmistress.
—Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
Her mother, Mary (Canning), Bolton, was the local postmistress.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Named for the university’s postmistress and librarian Amelia Gayle Gorgas, who was the wife of Confederate General Josiah Gorgas, the university’s eighth president and librarian.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 7 June 2020
His mother, Angela (Salvi) Gimondi, was the town’s postmistress; his father, Mosè, managed a gravel-trucking business.
—Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2019
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“Postmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmistress. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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postmistress
noun
post·mis·tress
ˈpōs(t)-ˌmis-trəs 
: a woman in charge of a post office
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