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pantryman

[ pan-tree-muhn ]
/ ˈpæn tri mən /
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noun, plural pan·try·men.
a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.
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Origin of pantryman

First recorded in 1555–65; pantry + -man

Words nearby pantryman

pantothere, pantoum, pantropic, pantropical, pantry, pantryman, pants, pantsuit, pantun, panty, panty girdle
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How to use pantryman in a sentence

  • He was uneasy in his borrowed clothes—he had surrendered his own garments to a pantryman who had volunteered to dry them.

    Blow The Man Down|Holman Day

  • If the customers complains that the fork got on it a piece Bismarck herring, that is from the pantryman a Schuld.

    The Competitive Nephew|Montague Glass

  • When the gaoler reproved him for his tricks, he would call him the hangmans pantryman, and general storekeeper of sin.

    Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper|Francisco de Quevedo

  • It was in a swell hotel run by an Englishman and Billy was installed as pantryman.

    An American Hobo in Europe|Ben Goodkind
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