Ostler
[ɔslә]
Definition
(n.) See Hostler.
Checked by Lanny
Examples
- I asked of the ostler. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Ostler, bring round my gig, cries another at the door. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I know'd a ostler o' that name,' said Mr. Weller, musing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Take hold of this cup and saucer, ostler. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The next day, or a day or two after, I forget which, the chaise was brought back from Knowlesbury, our nearest town, by the ostler at the old inn. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with leather cords and gaiters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I looked at him anxiously when we stopped to change, but I knew by his yet graver face as he stood watching the ostlers that he had heard nothing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You'd better not, said one of the ostlers; it's Sir Pitt Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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