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

Either the hostler did his work with his eyes shut, or the leather of the harness gave way, or the iron work of something.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan

We find him then as hostler in Chicago where he was laid up with an attack of cholera, and as he did not fully recover his strength he returned to the old home again.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Now, as soon as he had drank, the hostler called him, as he gave him charge before so to do.

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various