Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boy employed in grooming and tending horses; a stable-boy.
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Examples
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My wretched horse-boy, himself claiming Talmudic knowledge second to none, sneered at Jesus, calling him the king of the beggars, calling his doctrine Ebionism, which, as he explained to me, was to the effect that only the poor should win to heaven, while the rich and powerful were to burn for ever in some lake of fire.
Chapter 17 2010
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The man - who has become known as "horse-boy" - can be seen in the Hardgate area of the city.
'Horse Boy' On Google Street View Shrouded In Mystery (PICTURE) 2010
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The man - who has become known as "horse-boy" - can be seen in the Hardgate area of the city.
'Horse Boy' On Google Street View Shrouded In Mystery (PICTURE) 2010
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Another time came Regin to talk to Sigurd, and said — “A marvellous thing truly that thou must needs be a horse-boy to the kings, and go about like a running knave.”
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The Revolution entitled the strong populace of the Faubourg St. Antoine, and every horse-boy and powder-monkey in the army, to look on Napoleon as flesh of his flesh and the creature of his party: but there is something in the success of grand talent which enlists an universal sympathy.
Representative Men 2006
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The horse-boy, a faun cloaked in illusion, smiled at him, but made no move to do anything.
Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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"I only had one good friend when I left: Jib, the horse-boy."
The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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Blessedly the horseman reached him barely ahead of the hunter, and blessedly he was well content with whatever he had witnessed within, for he clapped his horse-boy on the shoulder as the bridle was surrendered into his hand.
The Raven In The Foregate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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I turned home, lifting my hand in salute to the horse-boy in the chariot.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
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Then she saw, below her on the hillside, also watching him, the horse-boy, Foresto, his graceful figure hinting at an origin superior to his station, his dark, peaked face seeming to mask some avid and sinister dream.
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