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post horse
noun
- a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
post horse
noun
- (formerly) a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of post horse1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
In 1808 another act for farming the post-horse duties was passed, modifying somewhat the provisions of the previous act.
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And we went forth with post-horse, and the charge of every horse, being still ten in number, comes to 10s.
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It has a wide reach, and employs electricity more freely than did the oldtime newspaper the post-horse.
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When I dismounted from my post-horse, I hastened to my father's apartment.
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It is worse, when the post-horse or the plow-horse is plunged up to his belly in the river or pond immediately after his work.
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