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ostler
[ os-ler ]
/ ˈɒs lər /
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How to use ostler in a sentence
According to Catherine Ostler at the Daily Mail she has held the title of ‘girlfriend-in-waiting’ while Harry has been away.
“Even a year ago, everyone wanted to look like Kate Moss,” says former Tatler editor Catherine Ostler.
Yes,” continued the ostler, “not been the like of it this fifteen years: the North Mail stopped at the three stones.
“Very true,” said Grenville, giving the ostler a kick and telling him to bestir himself if he did not want his ears cropped.
Sadie, putting her foot on the wheel when the ostler held up the light, saw Charnock lying on a bundle of sacks.
When the rig stopped she went to the door, where the ostler stood with a lantern, and caught her breath as Wilkinson got down.
"Quick with that horse," Rupert said to the ostler; and seeing to the other, they were in the yard as soon as the marquis came up.
British Dictionary definitions for ostler
noun
archaic a stableman, esp one at an inn
Word Origin for ostler
C15: variant of hostler, from hostel
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