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Post-horse   /poʊst-hɔrs/   Listen
Post-horse

noun
1.
A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers.  Synonyms: post horse, poster.





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"Post-horse" Quotes from Famous Books



... which of you will stop, The vent of hearing when loud Rumor speaks? I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride; The which in every, language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of ...
— The Gilded Age, Part 5. • Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner
... land dumb, unable to enquire for an English hoast, to remove from City to City, by most chargeable Post-horse, like one that rode in quest of ...
— The Scornful Lady • Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher


Words linked to "Post-horse" :   Equus caballus, horse


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