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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Each town was equipped with livery stables, blacksmiths, grocers, banks, dry goods, and shops to house shoemakers, broom makers, harness makers and so on.
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Gus Thompson owned and operated a livery stable and boarding house on the property.
—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
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Gus Thompson owned and operated a livery stable and boarding house on the property.
—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
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“Livery stable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/livery%20stable. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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