Associations to the word «Potboy»
Wiktionary
POTBOY, noun. A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.
POTBOY, noun. (British) a boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
Dictionary definition
POTBOY, noun. A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.