Postilion

Examples

• Georgy continued, there's Francis coming out with the portmanteaus, and Kunz, the one-eyed postilion, coming down the market with three schimmels. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He had rushed down the stairs and flung across the street in a minute--the yellow postilion was cracking his whip gently. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Our postilion is looking after the waggoner, said Richard, and the waggoner is coming back after us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He gave me his arm, and the two officers courteously bowed me out, and we found at the door a phaeton or barouche with a postilion and post horses. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The yellow postilion cracked his whip prodigiously, up sprang Francis to the box, away went the schimmels, and Dobbin with his head on his breast. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The postilion cracked his whip, and they clattered away under the feeble over-swinging lamps. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I remember they made me laugh uncommonly--there's a droll bit about a postilion's breeches. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He was far more curious, in every swerve of the carriage, and every cry of the postilions, than he had been since he quitted London. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Forward, my postilions! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Suddenly, the postilions exchange speech with animated gesticulation, and the horses are pulled up, almost on their haunches. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• At length the new postilions are in their saddles, and the old are left behind. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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