Iceman

/ˈaɪsmən/ noun

A person whose job was to deliver blocks of ice for refrigeration, particularly before electric refrigerators became common.

Compound word from 'ice' and 'man.' This occupational term was common in early 20th-century America before mechanical refrigeration made the job obsolete.

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