Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who does the domestic work which is carried on in pantries.
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- noun A person in charge of the
pantry , or food store, on a ship, train, or other transport where food is kept for passengers and crew. Also in a hospital, school, or hotel, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
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Examples
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The first trip up the Cumberland River the boat was full of passengers, and I had a fight with the pantryman.
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol
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Fred Starratt rose in rapid succession to the position of pantryman, head waiter to the attendants, assistant bookkeeper in the office.
Broken to the Plow Charles Caldwell Dobie 1912
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He was uneasy in his borrowed clothes -- he had surrendered his own garments to a pantryman who had volunteered to dry them.
Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900
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Einfürer, the German pantryman from the _Lubeck_, who had come up and asked for work.
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895
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On the 1st and 7th of September 1570 (ill dates for Mr. Alan!), Gilbert, Earl of Cassilis, his chaplain, his baker, his cook, his pantryman, and another servant, bound the Poor
Essays of Travel Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He procured me employment as butler or pantryman with Mr. Horace Williams, of East Hartford.
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NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias Ken Shepherd 2010
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That Tom Brady's pantryman Will McDonough was spotted doing the swish party circuit at the Cannes Film Festival
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October 27, 2009 - 18: 19 ET by pantryman this idiot matthews motivates me to do is put my big muddy boot right in his ass .....
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