cellarmann.
/ˈsɛləmən/, U.S. /ˈsɛlərmən/ A person in charge of a cellar; (formerly) = cellarer n.; (now usually) a person in charge of a wine or beer cellar. Also: a cellarer.In the 18th and early 19th cent. applied esp. to the keeper of the Cellar-tavern in Newgate Prison, a prisoner permitted to sell candles and basic provisions and to take a percentage on the liquors consumed.
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1547 in W. B. Cook Stirling Antiquary (1908) IV. 218 The said Patrick..cellarman to the Queine.
1663 T. Porter Witty Combat ii. iii. sig. C3 Let Coblers and Tinkers be drunk, did you ever know a Cellerman drunk?
1724 B. Langley Descr. Newgate iv. 40 If any Person, or Friend of any Felon is admitted to come therein,..they must..be obliged to buy of the Cellar-Man, a Candle to light them down, and a Quart of Beer.
1773 H. Jackson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 11 Oily putrid matter and exuvia of insects,..which through the inattention of the cellarman, often contaminate wines.
1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard II. iii. x. 266 This horrible piece of deformity, who acted as drawer and cellarman, and was a constant butt to the small wits of the gaol.
1867 C. Dickens & W. Collins No Thoroughfare i. iii. 12 I have been a cellarman my life through—and what's the consequence? I'm as muddled and as molloncolly a man as lives.
1905 G. Gilbert Cathedral Cities Eng. 418 The bearer had the privilege to sit, on that day, at the Abbot's table, and to ask for bread and ale from the cellarman.
1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out xiii. 97 By a rule of the hotel the waiters were not allowed to keep stores of spirits, but had to go to the cellarman for each drink as it was ordered.
1999 J. Preece Good Beer Guide 80/3 The village regulars enjoy the beers kept by a master cellarman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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