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busboy

or bus boy

[ buhs-boi ]
/ ˈbʌsˌbɔɪ /

noun

a waiter's helper in a restaurant or other public dining room.

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Origin of busboy

1910–15, Americanism; bus- short for omnibus waiter's helper (see omnibus) + boy
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for bus boy

bus boy

noun

US and Canadian a waiter's assistant
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

Word Origin and History for bus boy

busboy

n.

also bus-boy, 1913, from bus (v.) in the restaurant sense + boy.

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