Servant carrying silverware? One’s stoked (12)
I believe the answer is:
footplateman
'stoked' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'servant carrying silverware? one's' is the wordplay.
'servant' becomes 'footman' (footman is a kind of servant).
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'silverware? one's' becomes 'plate' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'footman' going around 'plate' is 'FOOTPLATEMAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for footplateman that I've seen is " railway worker".)