1.   Keeping a job file Your employer will have a personnel file containing a potted history of your career with the company.

2.   Woven into these personal accounts are potted histories of disturbing events, ancient and modern.

3.   The film is a potted history of the band.

4.   The book gives a potted history of the Industrial Revolution in the first chapter.

5.   This is slightly disappointing, since I have often found a quick bite of potted history useful.

6.   Clinton started by delivering a potted history of the Thanksgiving tradition, saying there was some controversy surrounding its origins.