bellboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bellboy
Example Sentences
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A hotel manager at a ski resort in Norway does his best to cope with unruly guests and a new bellboy who seems determined to drive him crazy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2020
“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
And now they stand in some hotel lobby in Turin, shouting at the proprietor while a bellboy waits, holding the elevator.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
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
Our whole family crowds into one elevator, and the bellboy waves, saying he will meet us on the eighteenth floor.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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