Crossword clues for potboy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Potboy \Pot"boy`\, n. A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern. 2 (context British English) a boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
WordNet
n. a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores [syn: potman]
Usage examples of "potboy".
The potboy, Gilboy in name only, since he looked to be at least a decade older than Tinwrightsat on a stool behind the plank, guarding the barrels.
Unwilling to risk losing this windfall, Tinwright was preparing to retreat with the tankard to his room before the potboy realized what he had done, and was heartbroken to hear Gil say, You are a poet .
From where he sat he could see the potboy Gil slouching on the floor on the far side of the guards table.
Not that the potboy looked any more likely than the poet to attempt escape.
The decor seemed appropriate in a way, because Gil the potboy had walked all the way there as slowly and distractedly as if he were in water over his head.
The potboy was not struggling, but his face was turning a terrible, hectic red.
I suppose I can find a place for the potboy in the guard roomhell be under many eyes there.
I doubt he has anything to do with this matterthe potboy cannot write and needed someone to do it.
My attempt to do a kindness for my simple friend the potboy has caused you and your brother pain.
He had always been prickly and private, but this strangeness about the potboy was something else again.
If she went to see the potboy Gil in his makeshift accommodations there, could she avoid speaking to Shaso?
I will have the potboy brought to one of the council chambers and speak to him there.
If he goes into the west, the potboy said, he must beware of the porcupines eye.
He snagged the potboy as he ran pasta child of nine or ten had replaced Gil, he noticed, doubtless one of Conarys multitude of relatives, but young enough not to have become work-shy yetand bade the boy bring a brush and some rags to get ofFthe worst of the mud.
Oh, and Barrick is in danger, if what that strange potboy said is true.