porter
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1. porter - Noun
2. porter - Adjective
3. porter - Verb
4. Porter - Proper noun
Meaning
A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.
A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
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No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient'. This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.
If a workman can conveniently spare those three halfpence, he buys a pot of porter. If he cannot, he contents himself with a pint, and, as a penny saved is a penny got, he thus gains a farthing by his temperance.
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.
Any man with two wives becomes a porter.
The fool sucks wisdom, as he porter sups, And cobblers grow fine speakers in their cups.