[
UK
/pˈɒtmən/
]
NOUN
- a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
How To Use potman In A Sentence
- He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge. The War of The Worlds
- BrotherThomaskept him on as potman, collecting the glasses, doing a bit of sweeping up, and let him sleep somewhere on the premises once the place was closed. Phoenix And Ashes
- Aldwin?" said the potman, willing enough to talk about so sensational a tragedy. The Heretic's Apprentice
- The tavern emptied, except for two drovers who snored cheerfully by the dying fire and the potman who made his bed under the serving hatch. Sharpe's Rifles
- The potman, he informed me, would bring it out to him. Walking-Stick Papers
- It was visiting time when Wemmick took me in, and a potman was going his rounds with beer; and the prisoners, behind bars in yards, were buying beer, and talking to friends; and a frowzy, ugly, disorderly, depressing scene it was. Great Expectations
- And go on following his traces wherever he's been since that time, and picking the brains of every innkeeper or potman or village customer who's had to deal with him. The Potter's Field
- He hadn't been at it five minutes before a fiery, red-headed little potman had knocked him head over heels in the gutter and told him to go away. The Grell Mystery