potboy

potboy englannista suomeksi

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potboy englanniksi

1. A boy employed in a plant nursery to tap clay pots with a stick for their ringing sound – indicating whether the plant required watering. As the compost would dry out the clay pot would resonate at a different pitch.

2. GC&HTJ 1985 volume 198 page 17

3. A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.

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5. A boy or man employed in a house to collect empty pots or glasses.

6. (RQ:Dickens Sketches by Boz)