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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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. You muthn't mind your thon having a comic livery on. A footman in dark livery came running out; a butler bowed upon the steps. |
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