hostler
Example Sentences
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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
Seeing Kirgan, the engineer swung down from the step at the lead switch, leaving the hostler to "spot" the engine on the table.
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
I am the only one of his drivers living, and one hostler is living.”
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
Presently Mount came striding back, rifle on shoulder, followed by an hostler with a stable light.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
