The services of the obliging potman were gratuitous. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
The potman, he informed me, would bring it out to him. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
"Aldwin?" said the potman, willing enough to talk about so sensational a tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
The tavern emptied, except for two drovers who snored cheerfully by the dying fire and the potman who made his bed under the serving hatch. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
Not long after midnight the potman made his appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
The potman sat up for him until midnight: he was not back then. From Wordnik.com. [Ravensdene Court] Reference
Afore she could say anything the potman from the Tiger, a nasty ginger. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
The potman was at work in the backyard, Esther was sewing in the parlour. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Waters] Reference
Wait for the postman (i nearly wrote potman, i would def want to wait for him ...). From Wordnik.com. [Superficial Girls] Reference
He wasn't going to bed like a potman; he was going to sit up like a poet and write. From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Fire] Reference
He lost his temper and pushed it away at last, and the potman gave a 'owl that set my teeth on edge. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
It was like opening the door at a theatre, and the fust one through was that woman, shoved behind by the potman. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
This poor wretch could not be allowed to go about half-naked, so I let the potman run out and get him a slop suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary] Reference
Mrs. Candy was, of course, worse than useless; Stephen the potman had more than his work set in looking after her. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
The potman let off a whistle that you could have 'eard acrost the river, and as for me, I thought I should ha' dropped. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
They all started telling 'im at once, and I should think if the potman showed him' is ear once he showed it to 'im twenty times. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
A tired potman attempted unconsciously to lock it in. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley] Reference
It was the landlord who had been called by the potman to see the woman’s body. From Wordnik.com. [The Rising of the Moon]
"I shouldn't cry over 'im," ses the potman, shaking his 'ead: "he ain't worth it. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
And him with trouble enough, "said the potman, lowering his voice confidentially. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
"He went into the alehouse with Aldwin in his arm, so the potman says, about three o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
A poet one day out of seven; the other six days a potman in an infernal, stinking, flaring Gin-Palace-of-Art. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Fire] Reference
Rostopchin’s broadsheets, headed by woodcuts of a drink shop, a potman, and a Moscow burgher called Karpushka Chigirin. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Rostopchin's broadsheets, headed by woodcuts of a drink shop, a potman, and a Moscow burgher called Karpushka Chigirin, "who -- having been. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
The potman cannot well recall. From Wordnik.com. [Georgian Poetry 1920-22] Reference
"Did he run away from you?" ses the potman. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters, the Entire Collection] Reference
With her still lived her son Stephen, the potman. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
Hey, potman!. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
"Hey, potman!. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
“Well, you wouldn’t suspect Travers, the potman?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Rising of the Moon]
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