potman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The potman last week found in the pub cellar the sort of thing that used to occur on the nearby stage half a century ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baron Snell, a onetime ploughboy, stable groom and potman who later became a Fabian Socialist and is chairman of the British Ethical Union led the Labor Opposition's attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not long after midnight the potman made his appearance.
From The Nether World by Gissing, George
They warmed the blood like a medley of patriotic airs, and I commenced potman as it were to martial music.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
A few days after, the potman told the distributor that the pugilists did not destroy a tract or leave one behind.
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias
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