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Definition of Potboy
1. Noun. A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Employee
Definition of Potboy
1. n. A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.
Definition of Potboy
1. Noun. A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern. ¹
2. Noun. (British) a boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses - compare busboy? ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potboy
1. a boy who serves customers in a tavern [n -BOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potboy
Literary usage of Potboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Half a Century of English History: Pictorially Presented in a Series of (1884)
"... THE HONEST potboy. DERBY (aside.) " Don't froth it np this time, Ben.
Good measure—the Inspectors have their eye on us." A majority of the Cabinet had ..."
2. Works by George John Whyte-Melville (1899)
"potboy did not gallop a quarter of a mile in the rush and hurry of a crowded
start without protesting, in his own way, against the violent, ..."
3. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"The sapient potboy, looking on officially, then had the conviction borne in upon his
... "You Bob Glibbery," said Miss Abbey to this potboy, "run round to ..."
4. He Knew He was Right by Anthony Trollope (1869)
"He had to pass by the bar, and the barmaid and the potboy looked at him ...
There's a young 'ooman has to do with that ere little game," said the potboy. ..."
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