Ostler,
jocosely said to be derived from oat-stealer, but actually from the French hostelier, an innkeeper.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
jocosely said to be derived from oat-stealer, but actually from the French hostelier, an innkeeper.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.