lobbygow

American  

[lob-ee-gou] / ˈlɒb iˌgaʊ /

noun

Slang.

1. an errand boy, as formerly in the Chinatown section of a city.

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Etymology

Origin of lobbygow

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin obscure

Example Sentences

McGill is a terrible lobbygow, But he’s drawing a regular shortstop’s pay; He romps around like a crippled cow And shows the speed of a two-ton dray.

From Right off the Bat Baseball Ballads by Kirk, William F.

She had been so engrossed in following the lobbygow that it was with a start that she realized that he had entered Muller's.

From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

Oh, well," he yawned, "you're on this case, and I'm only your lobbygow; so I suppose I've got to let it go at that.

From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts

The Sir stuff," says I. "Just because I'm behind the ground glass instead of the brass rail don't make me a sacred being, or you a lobbygow, does it?

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

Yet under its influence, just as with his lobbygow and lieutenant, Brodie, he found power and inspiration.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)