What does letter corporal mean?

letter corporal

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

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"‘It will soon go off; pray finish your writing. I met the letter Corporal not far off, he will be here almost immediately."
"I had but just laid down my Bible, when in came the ‘letter corporal,’ saying, ‘Does B— stop here?’ having your letter in his hand."
"It was then dropped with much solemnity into the letter-box, so as to be ready for the letter-corporal at early post time."
"The letter-corporal’s blunder."

letter corporals (plural)

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