The potman who was serving the only customer in the public bar appeared, got his instructions and money from the clock-maker and skipped off with smiling alacrity.
The potman had lifted Stamer from the ground, propped him against the wall and flung half a bottle of water over his head.
A chair was fetched by Binns the potman and Leigh was set upon it with his back to the window, so that his eyes might not look upon the grave of his labour.
The potmanflew over the counter into the public bar, and rushed into the private compartment.
But the pale man still sat in his corner, and Joe the potman still supplied the drink he neglected.
So he was affectionately admiring with me, deferentially loquacious with my grandfather, and very friendly with Joe the potman and Mrs. Grimes.
Once the house was shut, and the potman gone, no more was needed than to see the next police patrol go by, and the thing was done.
For myself, I squeezed into a far corner and stared, a little sick; for there was a deal of blood, and Joe the potman was all dabbled, like a slaughterman.
It was half an hour later, and Grandfather Nat was busy with his razor on the upper lip that my cheeks so well remembered, when we heard Joe the potman at the street door.
It was not long after her departure ere the business above was over, and the people came tramping and talking down into the bar, filling it close, and giving Joe the potman all the work he could do.
His potman was sottish also, and too accustomed to riff-raff and queer doings of every kind to trouble himself about me; so I was thoroughly at my ease.
I had told the potman that I was in hope of seeing a friend of mine who was going to Australia and had half promised to take me with him.
The withdrawal of thepotman seemed to have relieved him of restraint.
Behind the bar in his shirt-sleeves was the potman who attended to the ordinary customers, and Mr. Williams, the proprietor, in a tweed coat of dark and sober hue.
The potman was called in, and being refreshed with a drink and a shilling, remembered, after much circumlocution, that he heard the gentleman tell Thompson to drive towards Epsom.
No, she didn't know; but she would call the potman in; he was outside all the time.
He was the man who had begged for more beer, and the potman found him outside entreating through the keyhole for "just another pint.
The potman was busy with shutters and bolts; behind the bar was the landlady.
The potman and Dick being sent out of the room, Felix said that what they wanted now was a light trap and a smart horse.
He lost his temper and pushed it away at last, and thepotman gave a 'owl that set my teeth on edge.
The potman let off a whistle that you could have 'eard acrost the river, and as for me, I thought I should ha' dropped.
Afore she could say anything the potman from the Tiger, a nasty ginger- 'aired little chap that nobody liked, come by and stopped to pat her on the back.
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.
There's no potmanin Dorset with his head," she answered.
But Job Legg is a potman; he's been a potman for a generation; he thinks like a potman, and his outlook in life is naturally the potman outlook.
And my heart sinks at the thought of another potman at my age.
He's got a snug place, and no potman in Dorset draws more money, though there's some who draws more beer.
The potman sat down opposite her and proceeded in his attempts.
It was a policeman passing by, and the potmanstood up alertly.
At that moment nothing was doing, and the potman was smoking a dirty pipe when Judy drew near and surveyed him.
Up," she demanded, when the potman returned, carrying a mug of milk and a very large scone.
In another case, within Mr. Jones’ parochial experiences in London, a man employed as potman lay in extremis.
Not long after midnight the potman made his appearance.
Mrs. Candy was, of course, worse than useless; Stephen the potmanhad more than his work set in looking after her.
This time the landlord put a little more determination into his warning note, and gave the sign to the potman to lower the gas and fidget with the front door.
The Potman filled their tankards With the liquor each preferred, Torpid and somnolent they sat, And spake not one rude word.
Grabbing a pipe and tobacco pouch, Trenholme ran downstairs, meeting the potman in the passage.
Chafing already against the narrow confines of the best room the White Horse Inn could provide, it burst all bounds when a tired potman attempted unconsciously to lock it in.
This particular East-end publican had such a contest at his "house" one Sunday morning, and after a most exciting contest his own particular potman won.
He keeps clear of the police; he gratifies every want, yet he has the intellect of a flash potman and the manners of a valet.
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.
The landlord met us, and gravely said "I've been away, but the potman tells me a queer yarn.
The potmanat this house was a young man of unusual sobriety and intelligence.
Three mornings after, the potman called at the Missionary's house with the message that his master wished to see him as soon as he could call in.
A few days after, the potman told the distributor that the pugilists did not destroy a tract or leave one behind.
And never while our Praetor Dealeth stern justice here, Will the most thirsty jury Venture to call for beer, Or the most reckless potman Bring it from public near!
My lord, I heard 'em drinking, And found out that their lay Was to summon forth the potman Of the public o'er the way, Who through the open window The pewter did convey.
And so sternly looks the Praetor, That the potman knoweth not If he be not going straightway Himself, at last, to pot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "potman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
