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

Presently Mount came striding back, rifle on shoulder, followed by an hostler with a stable light.

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

Every time I got the chores done early, I skipped it over to the railroad, till finally the hostler he sees a long-legged boy eating him with his eyes, and he says: "Hello, bub!"

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

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

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