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potboy
/ ˈpɒtˌbɔɪ; ˈpɒtmən /
noun
- (esp formerly) a youth or man employed at a public house to serve beer, etc
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Tyrion began his explorations with the kitchen, where two fat women and a potboy watched him warily as he helped himself to cheese, bread, and figs.
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"The gods help this potboy if he's sent me off haring after shadows."
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To follow was to be led from the scent; Coke wheeled again, therefore, and meeting a potboy who knew the street, he was directed to Grocott's.
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The cheerfulest personage in the room was the potboy, who, as he stalked about with his apron on and p. 114his shirt-sleeves tucked up, seemed to be quite at home with his customers.
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To gratify her sweet grace, I’ll turn potboy, and wait upon the gossips of the tap.
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