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maltman|ˈmɒltmən, -ɔː-|
A maltster.
1408E.E. Wills (1882) 14 Iohn plot, Citaysyn and Malt⁓man of london. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiv. 51 The maltman sais, ‘I God forsaik,..Gif ony bettir malt may be’. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. H iij b, When maltemen make vs drinke no firmentie. a1627Middleton No Wit like Woman's iii. i, Let each man look to his part now, and not feed Upon one dish all four on's, like plain maltmen. 1724De Foe Fort. Mistress (1854) 5 He found money in cash to pay the malt-man and the excise. 1737–8Manch. School Reg. (1866) I. 8 William son of Ellis Farmer of Salford, maltman. 1889Barnard Noted Breweries I. 55 A messroom and lavatory, etc., for the malt-men.
†b. Proverbial phrases. Obs.
c1530Hye Way Spyttell House 62 in Hazl. E.P.P. (1866) IV. 55 Make we Mery as longe as we can, And drynke a pace: the deuill pay the malt man! 1600Rowlands Lett. Humours Blood Sat. vi. 53 For he that is in Malt-mans Hall inrolde, Cares not a poynt for hunger nor for colde. |