sidesman
Britishnoun
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He obeyed passively, became a sidesman, and in due course vicar's warden.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird
"Those smelling-salts belong to an old lady," he explained hurriedly and quite inadequately to the bewildered sidesman into whose hands he had thrust the bottle.
From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie
Among other subjects of a greater or less importance, his thoughts turned upon John Musgrave, his sidesman and very good patron.
From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by F.E. Mills Young
Very often, too, Nivens, the lawyer, who was a sidesman, and Mullins, the manager of the Exchange Bank, who was the chairman of the vestry, would come and take a look, at the figures.
From Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
Mr. Ransome was sidesman at the Parish Church, and at no time was the Headache compatible with being sidesman.
From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair
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