postillion

• “Apr. 377/1 At the back, the jacket is laid in postillion-plaits.”

  SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156

• “The postillion is a soldier or other government employé, and must be armed to repel robbers.”

  Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life

• “The men folks were all away at work, and our postillion was a strapping girl of eighteen, who rode behind Braisted.”

  Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland

• “Our postillion was a fine handsome fellow, so rosy and robust that it made one feel stronger and healthier to sit beside him.”

  Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland

• “It was not quite dark when we reached Kuckula, the last station, but thence to Haparanda our horses were old and lazy, and our postillion was a little boy, whose weak voice had no effect.”

  Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland

• ““The postillion is a liar, I told him nothing of the kind.””

  The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

• “The postillion is a liar, I told him nothing of the kind.”

  The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova

• “Apr. 593/2 Mr. Atkinson left Moscow early in March, accompanied by a post-office postillion, who had orders to escort him to the Siberian frontier.”

  SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156

• “Near the left-hand corner of the grove which surrounded the dingle, and about ten yards from the fire-ball, I perceived a chaise, with a postillion on the box, who was making efforts, apparently useless, to control his horses, which were kicking and plunging in the highest degree of excitement.”

  Of phrasebooks, battleship lieutenants and lightning-struck postillions

• “Perhaps the most famous strange phrase book sentence is: My postillion has been struck by lightning.”

  Of phrasebooks, battleship lieutenants and lightning-struck postillions

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