stage-driver

American  

[steyj-drahy-ver] / ˈsteɪdʒˌdraɪ vər /

noun

1. the driver of a stagecoach.

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Etymology

Origin of stage-driver

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Cold dash of waves at the ferry-wharf, posh and ice in the river, half-frozen mud in the streets, A gray discouraged sky overhead, the short, last daylight of December, A hearse and stages, the funeral of an old Broadway stage-driver, the cortege mostly drivers.

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"We'll take no chances, though," declared the stage-driver.

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When he arrived in that strange village, his money was all gone and he lacked fifteen cents of having enough to pay the stage-driver.

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He kep' just behind the feller," the stage-driver told Van Horn at the Tavern afterwards—"just behind him, like as if he was afraid the feller'd run away from him.

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Let me read it: Cold dash of waves at the ferry-wharf, posh and ice in the river, half-frozen mud in the streets, A gray discouraged sky overhead, the short last daylight of December, A hearse and stages, the funeral of an old Broadway stage-driver, the cortege mostly drivers.

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