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View synonyms for errand boy
errand boy
noun
- (in Britain, esp formerly) a boy employed by a shopkeeper to deliver goods and run other errands
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Vagabond, errand-boy, vagabond, labourer, porter, clerk, chief manager, small partner, Josiah Bounderby of Coketown.
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Michael asked himself so loudly that an errand-boy stayed his whistling and stared after him until he turned the corner.
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By gad, I'll overhaul my office force from the errand-boy up, as soon as I get back home!
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He knew that the errand-boy slept in a room close by, and might be in bed listening to her, although it was early in the evening.
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The child was errand-boy for the little shop, and all his tasks were patiently and cheerfully done.
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Here Chapawee occupied the place of honor, while Hezee filled the undignified position of errand-boy.
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