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

Now, as soon as he had drank, the hostler called him, as he gave him charge before so to do.

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

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

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

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