potman
Britishnoun
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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
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
Shouldering heedlessly into the saloon-bar, he found it deserted except for a chinless potman: the liveliest evening trade was always plied in the cheaper bars adjacent.
From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance
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 John Matthias Weylland
He wasn't going to bed like a potman; he was going to sit up like a poet and write.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
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