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boot boy

British  

noun

  1. a member of a gang of hooligans who usually wear heavy boots

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I had to fling myself against the button to ring for the boot boy.

From Literature

Mrs Schaffer agrees the brand has risen above that early connotation: "Many subcultures are now linked to the brand, and that old 'boot boy' reputation has become diluted and is just a very small - almost irrelevant - part of its history."

From BBC

This makes tonight’s game particularly important if they hope to avoid both the ignominy of finishing last and the calls from the stands and press box that everyone involved in Australian rugby should be sacked, from coach Michael Cheika down to the boot boy.

From The Guardian

Millwall defender Alan Dunne has given one of his shirts to his four-legged "boot boy". 

From BBC

The fortunes of the page and club boy await the zeal of an investigator; the knife and boot boy soon passes to some other occupation.

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