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

Colonel Tennytown had directed a hostler who followed the party to bring out a sorrel gelding of which he was especially proud.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

"Well, hollo, mister!" cried a hotel hostler as they approached near enough to have the manner of their travelling discernible,—"what ha' you done wi' your waggin?"

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan

They finally took the hostler off and put a cobbler on, who came in last.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.