stableboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stableboy
Example Sentences
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A storybook stableboy turns pirate and rescues his beloved, who is about to marry a dreadful prince.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
Emily Brontë's gothic heroine Cathy loves stableboy Heathcliff but marries squire Edgar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
Oh, yes, it's also the anniversary of the death of her beloved stableboy, Daniel.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2015
Read's Heathcliff is not a stableboy but a contemporary Yorkshire parson's son who sulks because God did not make him an aristocrat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Swaying in his wicker basket on Hodor’s back, the boy hunched down, ducking his head as the big stableboy passed beneath the limb of an oak.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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