Meaning of potboy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A boy employed in a plant nursery to tap clay pots with a stick for their ringing sound, indicating whether the plant required watering.
2. A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.
3. A boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
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Examples

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“I put on my kitchen potboy disguise and rode down to B-1 in an elevator that smelled like chicken soup, barbecue sauce, and Jack Daniel's.”

“(“Hoo-roa,” ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, “put the kye-bosh on her, Mary.”)”

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