stage-driver
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage-driver
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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The stage-driver, who watched this encounter with evident delight, turned away with reluctance.
From The Life of Nancy by Jewett, Sarah Orne
Mr. Dever, the stage-driver, says she is the handsomest girl he ever saw.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
He had led so varied a life as pony-express rider, stage-driver, scout, Indian, bronco-buster, hunter, and trapper, that he had little room in his memory for anything short of bloodshed or a triumph for himself.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
The stage-driver and mail-carrier to Fort Smith was young Crane's Voice, and this was his first trip in December.
From The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Garland, Hamlin
Instead of giving the family a surprise, they had heard of my enlisting from the stage-driver, and I found them all in tears.
From Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine by Ulmer, George T.
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