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pantryman

American  
[pan-tree-muhn] / ˈpæn tri mən /

noun

pantrymen plural
  1. a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.


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noun

Etymology

Origin of pantryman

First recorded in 1555–65; pantry + -man

Example Sentences

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Chief pantryman Jean Gladianos was hauled out of the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

"Albert," he said huskily, "take from the tables the ashtrays and the forks and tell that pantryman he should wash 'em off right away in boiling water."

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

Fred Starratt rose in rapid succession to the position of pantryman, head waiter to the attendants, assistant bookkeeper in the office.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

The first trip up the Cumberland River the boat was full of passengers, and I had a fight with the pantryman.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.

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