cellarman

Definitions

A person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc.

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Examples

“1815, William Berry, The History of the Island of Guernsey, London: Longman, Hurst, Bees, Orme and Brown, p. 298, https://books.google.ca/books?id=uD8IAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The merchant and wealthy shopkeeper here differ⟳ widely from the English character:— Immersed in business from morn till night, they dine at one or two, on plain wholesome fare; abstemious to a degree, drink⟳ less wine than their cellarmen, and without relaxing from the cares of business—the want⟳ of exercise and retirement makes as little impression on their health as their purses.”

“But on a stool by the counter sat a drunken man with blue, glassy eyes and shiny purplish face⟳, in a round grey-peaked cap topped with a button—the cellarman from the whiskey distillery of Prince Lobanoff.”

“By a rule⟳ of the hotel the waiters were not allowed to keep⟳ stores of spirits, but had to go to the cellarman for each drink⟳ as it was ordered. As the cellarman poured out the drinks he would set⟳ aside perhaps a teaspoonful from each glass, and he amassed quantities in this way.”

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