Hosteler (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Hosteler

i.e. oat stealer. Hosteler was originally the name for an inn-keeper; inns being in old English styled hostels, from the French signifying the same.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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