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stable lad

British  

noun

  1. a person who looks after the horses in a racing stable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The trainer who clutches the horse’s bridle and the stable lad are as stiff as Madame Tussaud’s waxen figures and the outhouse in the distance is painted with curiously amateurish clumsiness.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2011

When Henderson took out his first trainers' licence, Nicholls had just started out in the game as a 16-year-old stable lad.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2011

Once I had lost three stone, I decided to go and live the life of a stable lad.

From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2011

I don't doubt that many a stable lad or lass grieves when their ward fails to make it home.

From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2010

Run home with her, call the stable lad, and make him send down to me any men who may be living near.

From The Return of the Native by Hardy, Thomas

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