post horse

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post horse

(Historical Terms) (formerly) a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by postriders or for hire to travellers

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post horse - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers

post-horse, poster

Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

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I am as worn out as a post horse, but still I must have a talk with you, Catiche, a very serious talk.

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D'Artagnan and Planchet took each a post horse, and a postillion rode before them.

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

But Grimaud's ingenuity was more prolific than his speech, and therefore at the first halt he sold his steed and with the money obtained from the purchase took post horses.

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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