hostler

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His hostler was killed while firing off the cannon.

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Sickly animals become mine: I feed them, pamper them, talk to them, comb and brush them...hostlers are sometimes irritated...

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They ruled much as the baby "drives" when he holds the reins of the horse at whose head is the hostler's guiding hand.

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The hostler or host--for he had the air of playing both parts--a big clumsy fellow, with immobile features and small eyes, looked at us thoughtfully and chewed a straw.

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There were torches lighted in the mews; an hostler took Warlock; I swung out of the saddle and stepped back to a shelter from the storm.

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