boot boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I had to fling myself against the button to ring for the boot boy.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
"Rickie, can I give these sandwiches to the boot boy?" said the one.
From The Longest Journey by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)
"He, he, he," laughed the boot boy as he turned them up for me to look at.
From O'Conors of Castle Conor by Trollope, Anthony
The fortunes of the page and club boy await the zeal of an investigator; the knife and boot boy soon passes to some other occupation.
From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur
His professional duties, explained the knife and boot boy, did not include being punched in the heye by blokes, and he did not intend to be put upon.
From The White Feather by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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