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hostler
Also os·tler
[hos-ler, os-ler]
noun
a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
an employee who moves and services trains, buses, or other vehicles after their regular runs or who does the maintenance work on large machines.
hostler
/ ˈɒslə /
noun
another name (esp Brit) for ostler
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- hostlership noun
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The boss hostler is furious, whacking the beleaguered men of the Flying Squadron with flagrant abandon.
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Papa was a hostler’s helper at the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
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The groom or hostler, a man she had never seen, was standing in the door, eyes wide with fright.
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Daddy worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a hostler’s helper.
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His hostler was killed while firing off the cannon.
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