porter
/ˈpɔɹtɚ/ verb C2- To serve as a porter; to carry.
He/she/it porters · Past portered · Past participle portered · -ing form portering
Verb forms
- Base form
- porter
- He/she/it
- porters
- Past
- portered
- Past participle
- portered
- -ing form
- portering
From the library
The Cock, suspecting his civilities, said: “Sir, I wish you would do me the favour of going around to the hollow trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open the door and let you in.” When the Fox approached the tree, the Dog sprang out and caught him, and tore him to pieces.
I spent a few minutes in assisting a venerable Italian priest, who was endeavouring to make a porter understand, in his broken English, that his luggage was to be booked through to Paris.
Then, having taken another look round, I returned to my carriage, where I found that the porter, in spite of the ticket, had given me my decrepit Italian friend as a traveling companion.
Half an hour later, the porter tells me that a rough-looking man with a beard called with a note for Godfrey.
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