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pothecary

[ poth-i-ker-ee ]

noun

British Dialect.
plural pothecaries.


pothecary

/ ˈɒθɪəɪ /

noun

  1. an archaic or Brit dialect variant of apothecary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pothecary1

1350–1400; Middle English potecarie, aphetic variant of apothecarie apothecary
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In an article about the logo published several days ago by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, it named the artist as Andrew Pothecary.

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Tom Pothecary, 22, from Carmarthen, who regularly uses First Great Western to get to and from Wales, said it was "good and reliable" on the whole, and "definitely better" than the Arriva service he used at the other end of the journey.

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What do you think of your blacksmith generals and 'pothecary colonels——" "Polly!

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So I went to the 'pothecary's.

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All right, my prooshian blue, thinks I, there'll be a 'pothecary's bill for some family in this here deestrict: but I won't say who's to pay it at present.

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