coffee-man

I reenacted this for some friends this summer, while we were out having coffee-man, I wish I had taped it- maybe I could have sent it to the director as an audition for his next movie.

February 2008 Addie 2008

I reenacted this for some friends this summer, while we were out having coffee-man, I wish I had taped it- maybe I could have sent it to the director as an audition for his next movie.

I must be a masochist (otherwise known as a very long movie review) Addie 2008

I dined to-day with poor Lord Mountjoy, who is ill of the gout; and this evening I christened our coffee-man

The Journal to Stella 2003

Thevenot, the traveller, brought it into France, and a Greek servant named Pasqua (taken to England by Mr. Daniel Edwards, a Turkey merchant, in 1652, to make his coffee,) first set up the profession of coffee-man, and introduced the drink among the English.

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Anonymous

Thomas Garway was originally a tobacconist and coffee-man.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken

The hero of the tragedy I saw, was a journeyman tailor, and his first minister of state a coffee-man.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken

The coffee-man wanted to buy tenderflops wholesale from us, but we wouldn't sell him any.

Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913

Then he stepped up to the coffee-man and gave him some money, and I got a bun and a mug of coffee.

From the Bottom Up Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941 1910

These are not always polite to the supposed coffee-man; one complains of his coffee being "nothing but warm water boyl'd with burnt beans," while another desires him to bring "chocolette that's prepar'd with water, for I hate that which is encouraged with eggs."

All About Coffee 1909

The original proprietor was Thomas Garway, tobacconist and coffee-man, the first who retailed tea, recommending it as a cure of all disorders.

All About Coffee 1909