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hostler

noun as in groom

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The boss hostler is furious, whacking the beleaguered men of the Flying Squadron with flagrant abandon.

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Papa was a hostler’s helper at the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

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The groom or hostler, a man she had never seen, was standing in the door, eyes wide with fright.

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Daddy worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a hostler’s helper.

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His hostler was killed while firing off the cannon.