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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 choresplay

  Familiarity information: POTBOY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POTBOY (noun)


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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