barrow-boy
[ bar-oh-boi ]
nounBritish.
a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger.
Origin of barrow-boy
1First recorded in 1935–40
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How to use barrow-boy in a sentence
The barrow-boy now came up, and announced that from the look-out tree he had seen the other cowherd coming up at a gallop.
The Yellow Rose | Mr JkaiJust wait till I'm herdsman, and then I'll have a barrow-boy of my own to knock about!
The Yellow Rose | Mr Jkai
British Dictionary definitions for barrow boy
barrow boy
noun
British a man who sells his wares from a barrow; street vendor
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