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6 horse related terms (carriages, anatomy, breeds, tack)
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hostler
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synonyms: ostler, groom, stableboy ???
tags: [equestrian]
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Definition:an employee at an inn who tends to the horses
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“Ay, Dougal!” shouted a tattered hostler, running up to grab the halter of the lead horse. “You’re early, man; we hadna thought to see ye before the Gathering!”
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Mr Jones, then, and his companion Partridge, left the inn a few minutes after the departure of Squire Western, and pursued the same road on foot, for the hostler told them that no horses were by any means to be at that time procured at Upton.
Henry Fielding. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749)
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The ostler at a roadside public-house was holding a pail of water to refresh my horses,
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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George: What do you think, Bob, one more? God, I love attention! It's in my blood and soul. Baldrick, put this in some water, will you?
[Baldrick puts the flowers into the vase upside-down]
George: I need that applause in the same way that a ostler needs his… ostle.
BBC. Blackadder, season 4: Major Star
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While the beasts were eating their corn, or rather were supposed to eat it (for, as the boy was taking care of himself in the kitchen, the ostler took great care that his corn should not be consumed in the stable), Mr Jones, at the earnest desire of Mr Dowling, accompanied that gentleman into his room, where they sat down together over a bottle of wine.
Henry Fielding. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749)
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The bill paid, and the waiter remembered, and the ostler not forgotten, and the chambermaid taken into consideration,—in a word, the whole house bribed into a state of contempt and animosity, and Estella's purse much lightened,—we got into our post-coach and drove away.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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