daisy-kicker

English

Noun

daisy-kicker (plural daisy-kickers)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) An ostler at a large inn.
   • 1911, Real Life in London, page 162:

     Do you observe that stout fellow yonder, with a stick in his hand? He has been a Daisy-kicker, and, by his arts and contrivances having saved a little money, is now a regular dealer, and may generally be seen here on selling days.

   • 2018, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch:

     There was a “daisy-kicker” there in a twinkling to take reins and lead the horses off for a drink and a rubdown, with the older ostler waiting hopefully by the stable doors to see if he might make money by putting them up for the night, […]

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary