delivery boy

American  

noun

1. a boy or youth who delivers merchandise for a store, as to the homes or offices of customers.

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Etymology

Origin of delivery boy

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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delivery boy

He played multiple characters on episodes of “That Girl” and “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” a delivery boy on “Batman,” and appeared on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Room 222.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

MHD, who has a huge following on social media, was working as a pizza delivery boy in Paris before turning to music professionally.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023

Then he worked as a delivery boy at a florist run by a man from Taiwan, using it as an opportunity to learn rudimentary Mandarin.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

Atkinson opens “Shrines of Gaiety” with a bustling scene outside Holloway prison: “’Is it a hanging?’ an eager newspaper delivery boy asked no one in particular.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

“I guess you can go ahead and bring in those ferns,” she said to the delivery boy, eyeing the foil-wrapped pots with loathing.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt