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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".
The eponymous character, Humphry Clinker, is an ostler, a stableman at an inn, who does not make his first appearance until about a quarter of the way through the story. He is taken on by Matthew Bramble and family, while they are traveling toward London, after offending Tabitha and amusing Matthew Bramble.
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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
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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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck spent Christmas together with their kids, according to an inside source.. The exclusive source tells PEOPLE that the exes and co-parents, both 52, celebrated the ...