porterlikeadj.

1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint ii. 138 Portare causas sacerdotum; Subleuare, et portare cadentes, portare persecutiones, euerie one a porter like phrase.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Base, filthie, rascally, porterlike-tricks.

1664 J. Tatham Knavery in all Trades i. i. sig. B2^v The Drapery, and the Mercery Pedees comply to cheat their Masters in gross, to please their Concubines, ('twere Porter like to say Whors).

1698 M. Pix Deceiver Deceived ii. 15 Indeed I think it sounds better in the mouth of a Man of Quality than Damn me, Rot me, and such Porter-like Expressions.

1717 T. Purney Full Enq. True Nature of Pastoral i. iii. 22 If I draw 'em so rough, and Porter-like, in one place, I cannot give 'em Tenderness and Simplicity in another.

1753 Ld. Chesterfield in World No. 29 The low vulgar excesses, and the porter-like manners of my son.

1791 R. Townley Jrnl. kept Isle of Man II. 198 A person..took them away; being assisted in the loading of them, by two porter-like-looking men.

1808 B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 16 Sept. in Autobiogr. (1853) vi. 95 I sketched to-day the back of a Centaur, which has all that heavy vulgar porter-like form which you see in men used to carry burdens.

1844 Littell's Living Age 14 Sept. 347/1 It being considered as unsportsmanlike and derogatory to discharge this somewhat porterlike office by deputy.

1963 C. Connolly Previous Convictions i. i. 5 Our sleeping car attendant wore no uniform and was having a row with a porter-like creature, the kind who so pointedly explains that he does not go any farther.