Synonyms

errand boy

British

noun

(in Britain, esp formerly) a boy employed by a shopkeeper to deliver goods and run other errands

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Example Sentences

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When the Nazis came that night, she recognized one of them as a former errand boy of the business.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

The judge said that while Treanor has been described as "an errand boy", it was euphemism that "doesn't sit well with the gravity of the offence".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

The bombastic Mayor Shinn of Jefferson Mays and overdecorated Mrs. Shinn of Jayne Houdyshell are turned into veritable sight gags; Shuler Hensley’s Marcellus, Hill’s confederate, is made to appear a witless errand boy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

A first-year New York film student meets a ``Godfather’’ look-alike and becomes his errand boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

Soon no one remembers Abbas the greengrocer’s errand boy, only Abbas the master baker of all Isfahan.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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