posthorse

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posthorse

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From post + horse.

noun posthorses · post horse · post-horse

A horse ridden by a postrider to carry mail. His name was Joe, and he lived at Skroperud in Ullensaker. He built himself a new house there, and he had two or three fat cows and a horse, the like of which was not to be found in the whole parish; the horse was often used as post-horse between Mo and Trogstad, and Joe didn't seem to care much how

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@misc{posthorse_2026,
  title = {posthorse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posthorse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}