bellboy
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Origin of bellboy
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Somehow, McCarthy’s assurance makes these clichés seem new again, donning them as naturally as O’Connell’s gawky bellboy wearing an old-fashioned red cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
“He cut it out of the wall with a chisel. A bellboy even helped load the pieces in a truck.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2020
This was, apparently, his idea — and the bellboy, whose name tag reads “JC,” seems to be in on the plan.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2016
Behind Marlon, the doors of the Carlyle opened and a bellboy emerged walking backward with a tower of Louis Vuitton luggage on a trolley and Elizabeth at his side.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
Fischer drove to the Saga Hotel early on the morning of July 6 and accompanied the bellboy to Spassky’s room to watch him slide the apology under the door.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
During summers, the children and their father worked as bellboys and valets at the Greenbrier, an expansive resort nearby.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2021
As a result, union members who work as maids and bellboys at $400-a-night hotels pay nothing for their health care.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2017
V.A.S. frequently enlists bartenders, doormen, bellboys, waitresses and cabbies in games — people a client is unlikely to think are in on the ruse.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2011
Some bellboys thought they remembered such a man.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sleepy pretend princess was escorted to her rooms by a fleet of crisply dressed bellboys and hotel maids.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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