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

He was roped into providing the group tele-healthcare years ago, but - moved by their plight - more recently became a broker and "delivery boy" for their temporary passports.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

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

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

He’s a tender Postmates delivery boy and aspiring writer struggling to stay financially independent and physically healthy, and to produce meaningful art in the last years of a troubled decade.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022

There was a class system in the Bureau engendered by the cutter, printer, paster, paper baler, and delivery boy.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith