footboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of footboy
Example Sentences
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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 Charles Ellms
He got up in the night, and his footboy with him, and went to the privy.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
In haste came in the little footboy, And stood before the table; He was I ween a clever lad, And well to speak was able.
From Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian by George Henry Borrow
The footboy opened it, and Jack said,— 'Can I see Miss Palmer?'
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall
Harald was with those who played on the land, and told his footboy to go out to the ship, make his bed, and wait for him there.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
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