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

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.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

I am the only one of his drivers living, and one hostler is living.”

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

"She gave Mat, hostler, stuff that cured his ague in no time," shouted a voice.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur