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Definition of Potboys
1. potboy [n] - See also: potboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potboys
Literary usage of Potboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes by Henry Sampson (1875)
"Publicans who want potboys, and potboys who want employers, barmaids, barmen,
and people in want of "snug" businesses, or with "good family trades " to ..."
2. Tales of Terror and Wonder by Matthew Gregory Lewis, Walter Scott, Henry Morley (1887)
"The potboys ran in, and the potboys ran out, And couldn't conceive what the noise
was about, While the Doctor addressed Sally Green : " Behold me, ..."
3. Novels, Poems and Letters of Charles Kingsley by Charles Kingsley (1899)
"I wish for no reward, no blessing, no name, no grace, but what is equally the
heritage of potboys and navvies, and which they can realize and enjoy just as ..."
4. Report of the Commissioners of State of Large Towns and Populous Districts by Great Britain (1844)
"I find that, before 35 years of age, more than twice as many draymen die as
labourers; and that before the same period the deaths among potboys exceed those ..."
5. First Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring Into the State of Large by Walter Francis Scott Buccleuch (1844)
"... draymen die as labourers; and that before the same period the deaths among
potboys exceed those of footmen by more than a third. you account for this? ..."
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