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1827 drawing of an ostler at Keston Cross Ostler at Margam, 1818. A hostler (/ ˈ h ɒ s l ər / or / ˈ ɒ s l ər /) or ostler / ˈ ɒ s l ər / was traditionally a groom or stableman who was employed in a stable to take care of horses, usually at an inn, in the era of transportation by horse or horse-drawn carriage. [1]
Stablehand is a more old-fashioned term; the variation stableman usually applies to an experienced adult, the lowest rank stableboy (corresponding to the first origin of groom) rather to a minor and/or trainee. The historical synonym [h]ostler has meanwhile developed (in the United States) a new meaning of "rail employee".
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Printable Crossword Puzzle: September 2017 We've used the names of Snow White's diminutive friends as clues in this crossword. How they are defined is up to you to determine. Here's a tip: If you ...
The Bear, Oxford, was founded in 1774 as 'The Jolly Trooper' from the house of the stableman to the coaching inn 'The Bear Inn', on High Street. It acquired the name The Bear, and the history of the coaching inn, when The Bear Inn was converted into a private house in 1801. [4] There were many coaching inns in what is now central London.
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An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Alexander Isak scored for the sixth straight Premier League game as Newcastle beat Manchester United 2-0 at Old Trafford on Monday to condemn Ruben Amorim’s side to its worst home run in the top ...