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Hitching post   /hˈɪtʃɪŋ poʊst/   Listen
Hitching post

noun
1.
A fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying.





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"Hitching post" Quotes from Famous Books



... Henry Fleming is being detained at his home this week. A new stone hitching post has been set in front of the Fleming ...
— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer
... room, Johnnie had a glimpse of a long, stark figure lying on the lounge, and a white face which struck her with a strange pang of vague yet alarming resemblance. She made her hasty thanks to Miss Sessions and hurried in. Gray Stoddard's horse was standing at the hitching post in front, and Gray met her at the head of ...
— The Power and the Glory • Grace MacGowan Cooke
... waddle. But, that's neither here nor there. I'm going to save your life now, Sherlock. I'm going to fix it so that when you do die, the people of this burg will erect a monument to you that will make the one in Trafalgar Square,—if you know where that is,—look like a hitching post. Lend me your ear, Mr. Pinkerton. That's right. Take off your ...
— Anderson Crow, Detective • George Barr McCutcheon


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