liv'ry

I had worked early and late at a liv'ry stable, like

Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong

October, so we got him a job with Lem Mullett at the liv'ry stable.

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

"Is she in, Cephas?" says I to the brunette Jamaican in the olive-green liv'ry who juggles the elevator.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

Yours, "he continued, with another nod at Hiram," is a bill o 'sale of all the furniture, dishes, liv'ry critters and stable outfit.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

"Yo 'membah dat big liv'ry stable on de Main Street as we come erlong?"

Ralph Granger's Fortunes William Perry Brown 1885

"Chawls," says he, handing me over a tenpun-note, "here's your wagis, and thank you for getting me out of the scrape with the bailiffs: when you are married, you shall be my valet out of liv'ry, and I'll treble your salary."

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

: I with modeft ftruggling broke his hold. ore that Dick, in liv'ry ftrip'd with lace,

The Beauties of English Poesy 1767

Le's take dis mule an 'wagon back to dat liv'ry stable boy befo' us gits 'rested fo 'lendin' him permanent. "

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

"Th 'dure bell rings, an' a futman in liv'ry says: 'I'm Master Willie

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901