bus boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One of his favorite stories recalls the time actor Charlton Heston, who played Moses in the “Ten Commandments” and later was president of the National Rifle Assn., got him fired as a bus boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025
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
The Spokesman-Review says Reed started working as a bus boy at the hotel on June 1, 1942.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2018
I have often wished I could get a job as a waiter or a bus boy, just to learn if there really are any such head waiters nowadays.
From The Haunted Bookshop by Morley, Christopher
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