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

So I sent the hostler forward to the bridge to await my coming, for Bijoo and I were fain to be alone for that which had to be said between us.

From The Taming of the Jungle by Doyle, Dr. C. W.

Their hostler candidate might have had horse sense to burn, but he hadn't read law.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.

There was neither porter nor hostler visible, and the Englishman, unquestioned, crossed the threshold, and found himself in a large stone-paved apartment which, from its scent, he judged to be a stable.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.