英语词汇“pot-boy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pot-boy
释义	ˈpot-boy [f. pot n.¹ 1 c, 2 b + boy n.¹] A boy or young man employed at a tavern or public house to serve the customers with beer, or to carry beer to outside customers; a publican's assistant. 1795Chron. in Ann. Reg. 2 The circumstance that led to the discovery..was that of kidnapping a pot-boy.1852Dickens Bleak Ho. xi, The potboy..having to deal with drunken men occasionally.1877Black Green Past. xi, He rose, and the publican and the pot-boy were astonished to find the difference in the appearance of this coster's face. Hence (nonce-wds.) ˈpotboydom, the class of pot-boys; ˈpotboyship, the position of a pot-boy. 1841Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 439 He..bestowed the pot⁓boyship upon the youthful Ginginbetters.1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xiii, It is a part of his game to ingratiate him⁓self with all pot-boy-dom.
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