stage-driver
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage-driver
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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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.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
Mr. Dever, the stage-driver, says she is the handsomest girl he ever saw.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
I send this to Ellsworth for the stage-driver to take, and you must send your answer by special messenger, that I may telegraph to Washington at once.
From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Hale, Edward E.
He had led so varied a life as pony-express rider, stage-driver, scout, Indian, bronco-buster, hunter, and trapper, that he had little room in his memory for anything short of bloodshed or a triumph for himself.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
The stage-driver silently preceded me—still going slowly, and without any abatement of caution.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
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