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post horse

noun as in horse for hire

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Example Sentences

She was used to managing men with a firm hand, to changing from one to another, as though they were post horses.

So saying, she hastened to Mrs Mowbray, whom she found giving orders, with eager impatience, to have post horses sent for immediately.

The means of travel at the disposal of both statesmen were identical—post horses.

The fellow has quite forgot this journey;—have you bespoke post horses?

Great arterial roads were made by the Persian rulers to hold their new empire, and post horses were always in waiting for the imperial messenger or the traveller with an official permit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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