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Pothecary

Pothecary \Poth"e*ca*ry\, n. An apothecary. [Obs.]

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pothecary

n. (obsolete form of apothecary English)

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Pothecary

Pothecary is the surname of three cricketers:

  • Sidney Pothecary (1886–1976), played for Hampshire 1912–1920
  • Arthur Pothecary (1906–1991), played for Hampshire 1927–1946, later an umpire
  • Jim Pothecary (1933– ), played for South Africa and Western Province in the 1950s–1960s

Usage examples of "pothecary".

Then he reached out in the dimness and gently took Zembac Pix, the pothecary, by the throat.

The pothecary in the first town wherein they paused threw up his hands as Mallian entered.

He pulled a bit on his beard and peeped from under his lashes at the pothecary, a small and bony-browed man of no particular age.

And that night whilst the Crew lay deep in snoring and the Elver Guards camped disdainfully apart with heads upon saddles, he and the pothecary spoke long and low together beside a guttering fire, and the coldly indifferent stars pulsed overhead.