errand boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Besides serving as a reliably funny recurring bit, this is telling: between the ancient vampire newcomer and the errand boy who's been cleaning up after them for more than 13 years, Guillermo rates more highly.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2023
He was soon “recruited as a teenaged errand boy of British Intelligence,” he wrote in his 2016 memoir, “The Pigeon Tunnel.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2020
A first-year New York film student meets a Godfather look-alike and becomes his errand boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2020
Christoffel the errand boy has curly blond hair and big blue eyes and the tender skin of someone who hasn't been shaving long.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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