STABLE (building)
NOUNS, PERSON
1573 — JACK-BOY a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom, or postillion → obs.
1646 — SADDLE-NAG a stable-boy; a groom → obs.
1775 — ABBATIS a steward of the stables, a groom (Bk.)
1794 — HALFLING a half-grown boy; a stripling; a boy employed upon a farm or in a stable; a hobbledehoy → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1892 — HORSE JOHNNY a stable-boy → US sl.
1928 — CHAMBERMAID a person who does the daily cleaning chores in a stable → Amer. dial.
1929 — SWIPE a groom or stable-boy → US sl.
1968 — CHAMBERMAID TO THE MULES a stable caretaker → Amer. dial.
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