footboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of footboy
Example Sentences
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One night Stein left the city, and his footboy with him.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
The grandmother, however, dying, the support from that quarter failed, and she was obliged to hire her out as a footboy to a French lady.
From The Pirates Own Book by Ellms, Charles
The latter, hearing of his coming, spread his nets and hemmed him and all his household and gear about in a strait place, without letting a single footboy escape.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
Not a footboy in Randolph's train but is more Randolph than he.
From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Aguilar, Grace
She could scarcely believe the apprentice taking his meals with the footboy in the dingy kitchen at Dowry Square could be one with the young man who walked by her side in his holiday attire.
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma
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