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livery

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livery
1. 
a. the stabling, keeping, or hiring out of horses for money
b. (as modifier): a livery horse
2. at livery being kept in a livery stable
3. Legal history an ancient method of conveying freehold land


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For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood--(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)--and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context
You muthn't mind your thon having a comic livery on.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
A footman in dark livery came running out; a butler bowed upon the steps.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
 
 
 
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