1644 in J. D. Marwick (1881) II. 69 The haill hoislar wyfes to be payit..the sowmes awand be the sojours to them.
1817 W. Scott II. vi. 122 We alighted at the door of a jolly hostler-wife, as Andrew called her.
1927 J. Buchan xv Ye needna fear for me, I'll no gang near the hostler-wife—the verra thocht o' yill and usquebagh staws me.