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
Crossing the plaza, he dismounted at the hotel he had previously visited, and sent for the majordomo when the hostler grumbled something about the stable's being full.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
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
Tom alighted, and called the hostler to set up his horse, and to give him oats enough, and caused a turkey to be roasted with all possible haste, which, according as he commanded, was performed.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
