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Definition of Postilions
1. postilion [n] - See also: postilion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postilions
Literary usage of Postilions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris by John Carr (1803)
"Cheap travelling to Paris. — Diligences. — French postilions. — Spanish postilions.
— Norman Horses. — Bolbec. - Natives of Cant. ..."
2. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Story of the Ants.— Scepticism generated in postilions by travelling.
— Bologna.— Modena. — Contrasted character of their inhabitants.—Parma. —Placenta. ..."
3. The Queen of Letter Writers, Marquise de Sévigné, Dame de Bourbilly, 1626-1696 by Janet Aldis (1907)
"CHAPTER XXIII The Marquise and her household go to Brittany for the belle saison—Her
cavalcade of carriages, pack-horses, and postilions—The tenantry ..."
4. John Howard, and the Prison-world of Europe by William Hepworth Dixon (1850)
"postilions.— A Letter.— Warsaw.— Berlin.— One of the Great Frederick's Couriers.— The
Duke of York.— A Year's Labor in England. — Prisoners of War. ..."
5. Society As I Have Found It by Ward McAllister (1890)
"The Four-in-Hand Craze — postilions and Outriders Follow — A Trotting-Horse
Courtship — Cost of Newport Picnics Then and Now — Driving off a Bridge — An ..."
6. Excursions in the Interior of Russia: Including Sketches of the Character by Robert Bremner (1839)
"Statistics of the Government of Vladimir—Mm vest Scenery— Terrible Roads—A
Stand-still—How to treat the postilions, or Russian Persuasion—State of the Roads ..."
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