Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Wearing livery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wearing a livery, or uniform dress. See
livery .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wearing a livery. See
livery , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Dressed in
livery , uniformed, especially a servant in a servant's uniform or achauffeur in uniform.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective wearing livery
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Examples
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It is not the sort of building I could ever afford, but I tell myself I am not inclined to live on Fifth Avenue anyway; long-term exposure to liveried elevator operators would eventually bring me to Marxism.
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One of the highlights of the celebration at the Brandenburg gate was the reunion of two giant marionettes (one of them over 7.5 m high, operated by a whole crowd of liveried puppeteers, who used their own weight to move them around), who for several days wandered the streets of former East and West Berlin before finding each other.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Sleeping Giants in Berlin 2009
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The chain, known for the fleet of liveried Minis used by its staff, has broken one of the terms of its £260 million of bank loans following the collapse in its commission income.
Foxtons in trouble? Not a sheep 2009
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At last it was done, and the family stumbled back up the hill to the air-conditioned cars with the liveried drivers, and the mother collapsed into one car, and the door was shut solidly behind her, sealing her into her shadowed madness.
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It had the laughable name of Tuxedo Towers, which conjures images of liveried footmen, and polo, but in reality it had a day-glo aqua lobby, creaky elevator, and the entire place looked shoddy and rundown.
David Serchuk: New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 2 David Serchuk 2011
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It is not the sort of building I could ever afford, but I tell myself I am not inclined to live on Fifth Avenue anyway; long-term exposure to liveried elevator operators would eventually bring me to Marxism.
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After palace hotels and liveried doormen, India's hoteliers and developers are warming up to the possibilities of Spartan rooms with a bed and a television but minimal services -- no bell boys, no newspapers and no pampering.
No-Frills Hotels Gaining Ground in India Prabha Natarajan 2011
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I want to be so rich someday that I can hire liveried lackeys to go out and panhandle for me.
A Writer's Ultimate Dream marshallpayne1 2010
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It had the laughable name of Tuxedo Towers, which conjures images of liveried footmen, and polo, but in reality it had a day-glo aqua lobby, creaky elevator, and the entire place looked shoddy and rundown.
David Serchuk: New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 2 David Serchuk 2011
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At last it was done, and the family stumbled back up the hill to the air-conditioned cars with the liveried drivers, and the mother collapsed into one car, and the door was shut solidly behind her, sealing her into her shadowed madness.
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