livery stable
noun
: a stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire and where stabling is provided
called also livery barn
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Gus Thompson owned and operated a livery stable and boarding house on the property.
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Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Rental horses are available from the Indians or nearby livery stables for $10 to $15 a day.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
The town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit, and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
The second floor of the livery stable was used as a boarding house for Black people.
—Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Over a few years livery stables were replaced by gasoline stations and with Henry Ford’s assembly lines even the hard-working blue-collar family could afford an automobile.
—Jeff Hewitt, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
The place smells of leather, like a livery stable.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
Swedish past can be experienced during a stroll through Heritage Square, a downtown grouping of seven historic structures, including a livery stable, wooden windmill and the Swedish Pavilion, which was brought over from Sweden and first displayed in St. Louis during the 1904 World’s Fair.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
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Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Rental horses are available from the Indians or nearby livery stables for $10 to $15 a day.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
The town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit, and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
The second floor of the livery stable was used as a boarding house for Black people.
—Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Over a few years livery stables were replaced by gasoline stations and with Henry Ford’s assembly lines even the hard-working blue-collar family could afford an automobile.
—Jeff Hewitt, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
The place smells of leather, like a livery stable.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
Swedish past can be experienced during a stroll through Heritage Square, a downtown grouping of seven historic structures, including a livery stable, wooden windmill and the Swedish Pavilion, which was brought over from Sweden and first displayed in St. Louis during the 1904 World’s Fair.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
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“Livery stable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/livery%20stable. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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