hostler
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The new streets-as-buildings would provide garages at every stop, making disposal of the auto as simple as flinging the reins to the hostler at the local inn.
From Time Magazine Archive
The groom or hostler, a man she had never seen, was standing in the door, eyes wide with fright.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
We find him then as hostler in Chicago where he was laid up with an attack of cholera, and as he did not fully recover his strength he returned to the old home again.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
"She gave Mat, hostler, stuff that cured his ague in no time," shouted a voice.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
The hostler at Lal Kooah had fresh horses ready by the time the mail-cart drove up, and in less than five minutes Ram Deen and his charge were speeding along the level road.
From The Taming of the Jungle by Dr. C. W. Doyle
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