Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pot-companion.
- noun Same as
pot-boy . - noun The workman who ladles the lead crystals into the pots in the Pattinson process.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A pot companion.
- noun A servant in a public house; a potboy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK a man employed in a
public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
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Examples
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He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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It was visiting time when Wemmick took me in, and a potman was going his rounds with beer; and the prisoners, behind bars in yards, were buying beer, and talking to friends; and a frowzy, ugly, disorderly, depressing scene it was.
Great Expectations 2007
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He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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BrotherThomaskept him on as potman, collecting the glasses, doing a bit of sweeping up, and let him sleep somewhere on the premises once the place was closed.
Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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And go on following his traces wherever he's been since that time, and picking the brains of every innkeeper or potman or village customer who's had to deal with him.
The Potter's Field Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1989
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"Aldwin?" said the potman, willing enough to talk about so sensational a tragedy.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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"Aldwin?" said the potman, willing enough to talk about so sensational a tragedy.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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The tavern emptied, except for two drovers who snored cheerfully by the dying fire and the potman who made his bed under the serving hatch.
Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988
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He hadn't been at it five minutes before a fiery, red-headed little potman had knocked him head over heels in the gutter and told him to go away.
The Grell Mystery Frank Froest
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The potman, he informed me, would bring it out to him.
Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday
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