cabhorse

To this stricture the poor fellow rejoined, "Ah, but those fellows have their income assured, they are never compelled to publish at a fixed date, while I, why, I am only a cabhorse!"

Essays on Russian Novelists William Lyon Phelps 1904

At half-past eight at Jack's door, I bade an almost affectionate farewell to the last cabhorse with which for many wild weeks I should have business dealings.

The Princess Passes 1901

I don't believe there are many things it can't do, and all I can say is -- if you find yourself and all this jolly old school (except Dulcie) taken off somewhere and stuck down all at once thousands of miles away on a desolate island, or see yourself turned into a Red Indian, or, or a cabhorse, you'll have yourself to thank for it -- that's all.

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers F. Anstey 1895

Indian readers that if a "cabhorse charter" is both desirable and practicable for England (see page 19, Darkest England) a "bullock charter" is no less urgently needed for India.

Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" Commissioner Booth-Tucker 1891

There isn't an old cabhorse in London that's kept at it, I assure you, as I am.

The Awkward Age Henry James 1879

It is not a wonder that any of the fishers had a glimmer of human feeling in them when they reached manhood, for no brute beast -- not even a cabhorse in an Italian town -- was ever treated as an apprentice on a smack was treated.

The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary James Runciman 1871

'My poor old London cabhorse of a pen shall go to grass!' she sighed, looking to the sale of The Crossways for money; looking no farther.

Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

'My poor old London cabhorse of a pen shall go to grass!' she sighed, looking to the sale of The Crossways for money; looking no farther.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

'My poor old London cabhorse of a pen shall go to grass!' she sighed, looking to the sale of The Crossways for money; looking no farther.

Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868