errand boy

British

noun

(in Britain, esp formerly) a boy employed by a shopkeeper to deliver goods and run other errands

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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

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 • Jul. 26, 2019

They were known as the East London Group, and among their ranks were humble office clerks, a navvy, a window cleaner, a shop assistant, a printer, a basket-weaver and an errand boy.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2017

“Stay where you are, Jo. I’m errand boy to this establishment,” said Laurie, taking up his cap.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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