livery
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- noun
- /ˈlɪvəri/
- Archaic
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cuadra
- I want you to go over to that livery stable, get me the best horse you got.
- a livery stable
And she had a, you know, private livery stable.
- And she had a, you know, private livery stable.
Examples
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I'm working at the livery stable.
Fiction book (2000) -
Get a fresh horse at the livery stable.
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And she had a, you know, private livery stable.
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Get back to the livery stable!
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The man at the livery had been very helpful.
Fiction book (1996) -
Take Mr. Cole's horse here over to the livery stable.
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Junior's horse ran away, the one he rented at the livery stable.
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In Whatcom that evening, they unloaded the horses at the livery stable.
Fiction book (1991) -
We're in a western frontier town: saloon, general store, dry goods, blacksmith, livery stable, arranged tidily along a muddy thoroughfare.
Academic text (2007) -
He decided to board his horse at a local livery stable during the summer.
Compounds
An old City of London group for people in the same trade that holds ceremonies and supports charity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Livery comes from a word meaning 'to deliver', like deliver, and was used for the food and care a household gave to animals; a 'livery' stable was a place that looked after and fed horses for payment. So livery now means the service of caring for and boarding horses.