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hostler

[hos-ler, os-ler] / ˈhɒs lər, ˈɒs lər /
NOUN
groom
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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

But the hostler was a still more wonderful man.

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

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 Susan Warner

"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 Susan Warner




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