postilion
Example Sentences
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He helped stabilize a postilion of need as a platoon designated hitter.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
It weighs four tonnes and is pulled at walking pace by eight grey horses, with a mounted rider or postilion for each pair.
From BBC • May 4, 2023
The postilion who was riding the horse sprawled upon the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Un postilion Italien, qui voyait mourir son cheval, priait pour lui, et s'�criait: O, Sant' Antonio, abbiate piet� dell' anima sua!"—Madame de Sta�l.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
A loud clack—clack—slap—tap—crack—crack of the whip, flourished over his head with all the gusto and the savoir-craquer of a true postilion, brought me to myself.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
