stable lad

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noun

a person who looks after the horses in a racing stable

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Words nearby stable lad

stableboy, stable door, stable equation, stable fly, Stableford, stable lad, stableman, stablemate, stabler, stabling, stablish

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How to use stable lad in a sentence

Somebody must have tampered with it—some stable lad, perhaps.
Spies of the Kaiser|William Le Queux
But, my master, gasped a stable lad, a squire from Master Ogilvies led the beast away not ten minutes ago.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905|Various
Before the "White Hart" Inn was a smartish pony phaeton, in charge of a stunted stable lad.
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities|Robert Smith Surtees
Relinquishing the horses to the small stable-lad, the old hostler again looked out from the arch.
The Hand of Ethelberta|Thomas Hardy

The new mare and the dog-cart in charge of the stable lad were there, but no Dick.
Viviette|William J. Locke