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

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 Warner, Susan

“I’ll call him,” went on the hostler, thinking there might be a chance to earn a dime.

From Leo the Circus Boy by Stratemeyer, Edward

It happened one evening I wandered over the hills to the end of the little jerk-line that ran our way, and watched the hostler put the engine in the shed for the night.

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