Definition of "potman" []

• A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment (noun)

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• "He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge."
• "It was visiting time when Wemmick took me in, and a potman was going his rounds with beer; and the prisoners, behind bars in yards, were buying beer, and talking to friends; and a frowzy, ugly, disorderly, depressing scene it was."
• "BrotherThomaskept him on as potman, collecting the glasses, doing a bit of sweeping up, and let him sleep somewhere on the premises once the place was closed."