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

"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

"I guess the redcoats ain't a-coming, gentlemen," said the hostler, with a grin.

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

But the hostler was a still more wonderful man.

From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace