stage-driver
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage-driver
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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An accident to the old stage-driver placed him on the box, and when the place became permanent he was only twenty years old.
From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Optic, Oliver
The stage-driver silently preceded me—still going slowly, and without any abatement of caution.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
As a cowboy, Mr. Bowles had been a laughing-stock, but now he displayed all the courage and control of a Western stage-driver, with some of the style of a coachman thrown in.
From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane
"We'll take no chances, though," declared the stage-driver.
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
“Two on ’em haint gone fur,” replied the stage-driver; “thar they lie—right afore yur eyes, Padre Cornaga.”
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
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