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- noun Plural form of
postilion .
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Examples
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By the horses 'heads stood a gorgeous, grinning man, dressed in livery such as postilions may have worn a hundred years ago.
The Heather-Moon 1889
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The postilions would be miserable, but they must press on.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Two postilions in uniform, in high military saddles on the nigh horse of each span, completed the establishment.
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The postilions would be miserable, but they must press on.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Our route led through the village of Gorze, and here we found the streets so obstructed with wagons that I feared it would take us the rest of the day to get through, for the teamsters would not pay the slightest heed to the cries of our postilions.
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The posting-house courtyard had been congested, with several coaches changing their teams, and the postilions from rival services to Beauvais loudly disputing the right to a pair of horses.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The posting-house courtyard had been congested, with several coaches changing their teams, and the postilions from rival services to Beauvais loudly disputing the right to a pair of horses.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The postilions would be miserable, but they must press on.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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The posting-house courtyard had been congested, with several coaches changing their teams, and the postilions from rival services to Beauvais loudly disputing the right to a pair of horses.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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A little peasant girl, all entangled with the horses and the postilions at the end of the vehicle, was offering flowers to the travellers.
Les Miserables 2008
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