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Webster 1913 Edition
Potboy
Pot′boyˊ
,Noun.
A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.
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Noun
potboy (plural potboys)
- A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.
- (Britain) a boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
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- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967