单词 | bottleman |
释义 | > as lemmasbottleman bottleman n. a man employed to assist with bottles; spec. (a) a person who supervises, or is employed in, a wine or beer cellar (now historical); †(b) a servant who brings wine to the table (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of food, table, or plate butlerc1325 asseour1448 yeoman of the ewery1450 yeoman for the mouth1455 yeoman of the bottles1455 lardiner1469 yeoman of the buttery1473 surveyora1475 assewer1478 larderer1483 yeoman of the cellar1508 bread-bearer1518 groom-grubber1526 bottlemana1550 yeoman of the larder1585 saucery-man1691 plateman1842 plate-keeper1843 a1550 (a1477) Black Bk. (Public Rec. Office) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 178 The brede and wynne that hit be onestlye kept by the wayse vndispendyd untill it be brought in againe by the botell man. 1622 J. Taylor Farewell to Tower-bottles sig. A6 Each Bottleman (but I) Had alwayes a crack'd crowne, or a blacke eye. 1634 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons Introd. 19 To the porters musicians and bottlemen for their rewardes. 1742 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 129/2 Honest Jack Hill as the Bottlemen called him. 1824 Times 7 July 2/5 Information filed by Mr. Plunkett against the bottleman and rattleman, about the beginning of last year. 1837 Morning Chron. 27 Oct. 3/4 No person to be allowed to be introduced into the hall on the 9th of November as a bottleman, waiter or other attendant. 1995 B. E. De Carteret et al. Island Trilogy 101 John Brett, licensed victualler, lived at the Crown tavern with his wife and four children,..and Oliver Sage, the bottleman. < as lemmas |
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