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livery stable
noun
- a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
livery stable
noun
- a stable where horses are accommodated and from which they may be hired out
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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.
From The Daily Beast
She hired a rig of a livery-stable keeper, who said he could not possibly take her beyond the Indian agency.
From Project Gutenberg
She found a livery-stable, and asked the proprietor, lounging in the entrance, if he could send her to the foot of her bluff.
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I get up befure daylight an' thramp over to th' Timple iv Freedom, which is also th' office iv a livery stable.
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So had the neat, single brougham, hired from a livery-stable.
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On his way to the livery stable after his horse, Wade did some rapid thinking.
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