pantryman
Americannoun
plural
pantrymenEtymology
Origin of pantryman
Example Sentences
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Chief pantryman Jean Gladianos was hauled out of the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pantryman is a feller which no one could depend upon, otherwise he wouldn't be a pantryman, Louis; but a waiter, that's something else again.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague
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.
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
"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
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