- a variation of busboy.
bus boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In his early teens, Shreiber worked at a golf course, then as a bus boy at the Ritz-Carlton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I would watch him treat the bus boy in the back washing dishes, the same way that he treated his best customer.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2021
As she leans back for a breather, a bus boy drops a load of dishes.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2018
“That’s been a great program for us, a way to fill the starting positions — the dishwasher, bus boy — and many have graduated and trained slowly and become more skilled staff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2017
The door stayed open for a moment as the bus boy carried in the dishes.
From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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