1779 G. White Let. 7 May in (1789) 259 Five of those most rare birds..were shot upon the verge of Frinsham-pond... The pond keeper says there were three brace in the flock.
1909 12 Jan. 5/2 The pondkeeper was unavoidably absent from his post.
1992 Mar. 88/1 The number one bugbear of pondkeepers, ‘pea-soup’ water.