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potboy [ˈpɒtˌbɔɪ], potman [ˈpɒtmən] n pl -boys, -men
(Historical Terms) Chiefly Brit (esp formerly) a youth or man employed at a public house to serve beer, etc. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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The potboy at the corner, who is a privileged amateur, as possessing official knowledge of life and having to deal with drunken men occasionally, exchanges confidential communications with the policeman and has the appearance of an impregnable youth, unassailable by truncheons and unconfinable in station-houses. The unaccustomed visitor from outside, naturally assumed everybody here to be prisoners--landlord, waiter, barmaid, potboy, and all. Then,' said Mr Gregsbury, 'it would be necessary for him to make himself acquainted, from day to day, with newspaper paragraphs on passing events; such as "Mysterious disappearance, and supposed suicide of a potboy," or anything of that sort, upon which I might found a question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. |
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