linkboy

linkman

noun plural -boys or -men

(formerly) a boy who carried a torch for pedestrians in dark streets

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Examples from the Web for linkboy

Historical Examples

He looked after us with foreboding eyes as we went out of the great gate, alone, with not so much as a linkboy.
Helmet of Navarre
Bertha Runkle
From a linkboy outside a travelling theatre he was promoted to employment within.
A Book of the Play
Dutton Cook

linkboy

linkman

Examples from the Web for linkboy

Historical Examples

He looked after us with foreboding eyes as we went out of the great gate, alone, with not so much as a linkboy.

From a linkboy outside a travelling theatre he was promoted to employment within.