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POTBOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potboy mean?
• POTBOY (noun)
The noun POTBOY has 1 sense:
1. a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
Familiarity information: POTBOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
potboy; potman
Hypernyms ("potboy" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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