word of the day: ostler
context: “In the stables, a couple of wall-eyed old coach-horses were carelessly fed, and still more carelessly groomed, by a couple of dissolute ostlers — both … with criminal records. (Even the horses had criminal records: each having once kicked a man to death.)”
definition (Merriam-Webster): one who takes care of horses or mules (more commonly spelled “hostler”)
source:
Miss Bianca
by Margery Sharp
1962. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston MA
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