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
Seeing Kirgan, the engineer swung down from the step at the lead switch, leaving the hostler to "spot" the engine on the table.
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
The hostler spit careful over the top of the switch and says, with one eye shut, "Like a ride?"
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
