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† ˈjack-boy Obs.
[f. Jack n.1 + boy.]
A boy employed in menial work; spec. a stable-boy, groom, or postillion. Cf. jockey.
[1401Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 62 Jacke boy,..fayne thou woldist witen.] 1573Tusser Husb. lxxxvii. (1878) 177 Rather make lackey of Iack boie thy wag. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. i. 43 Why Iacke boy, ho boy, and as much newes as thou wilt. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme v. vii. 668 They must haue the stones gathered off in winter..by little Iackboyes and girles. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Jack-boy, a postillion. 1849tr. Meinhold's Sidonia II. 152 She..uttered coarse and shameful words, such as the most shameless groom or jack-boy would scarce pronounce. |