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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

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.

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

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

"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

Louis," he said, "I want you you should go into the kitchen and tell that pantryman he should wash again the forks in hot water, and stay there till he is through.

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

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