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livery stable

noun

  1. a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.


livery stable

noun

  1. a stable where horses are accommodated and from which they may be hired out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of livery stable1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences

For thirty bucks, you could have had a whole livery stable.

She hired a rig of a livery-stable keeper, who said he could not possibly take her beyond the Indian agency.

She found a livery-stable, and asked the proprietor, lounging in the entrance, if he could send her to the foot of her bluff.

I get up befure daylight an' thramp over to th' Timple iv Freedom, which is also th' office iv a livery stable.

So had the neat, single brougham, hired from a livery-stable.

On his way to the livery stable after his horse, Wade did some rapid thinking.

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