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

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

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 Lynde, Francis

He then proceeded, with the help of his hostler, to lift a heavy burden covered with a cloth from the back seat of the mail-cart.

From The Taming of the Jungle by Doyle, Dr. C. W.