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hostler

[hos-ler, os-ler] / ˈhɒs lər, ˈɒs lər /
NOUN
groom
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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

The hostler was quaking visibly, and the Colonel seized her arm as though rescuing a drowning person.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

But the hostler was a still more wonderful man.

From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace

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 Doyle, Dr. C. W.




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