errand boy
Britishnoun
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When the Nazis came that night, she recognized one of them as a former errand boy of the business.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
The judge said that while Treanor has been described as "an errand boy", it was euphemism that "doesn't sit well with the gravity of the offence".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2023
The bombastic Mayor Shinn of Jefferson Mays and overdecorated Mrs. Shinn of Jayne Houdyshell are turned into veritable sight gags; Shuler Hensley’s Marcellus, Hill’s confederate, is made to appear a witless errand boy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
But Feith was little more than an avid errand boy for Rumsfeld.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018
I had snuck into Hollows through a back entrance, acting the part of an errand boy.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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