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barrow-boy

[bar-oh-boi]
noun British.
  1. a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger.
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Origin of barrow-boy

First recorded in 1935–40
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British Dictionary definitions for barrow boy

barrow boy

noun
  1. British a man who sells his wares from a barrow; street vendor
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