potboy

== English == === Alternative forms === pot boy, pot-boy === Etymology === From pot +‎ boy. === Noun === potboy (plural potboys) A boy employed in a plant nursery to tap clay pots with a stick for their ringing sound, indicating whether the plant required watering. GC&HTJ 1985 volume 198 page 17 A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern. (UK) A boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses. ==== Related terms ==== pot-girl potman ==== See also ==== busboy === References === “potboy” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.