link-boyn.

Etymology: link n.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlink-boy.

A boy employed to carry a link to light passengers along the streets.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries > one employed to carry

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1660 S. Pepys Diary 4 Feb. (1970) I. 41 Thence to Sir Harry Wright's. So with a link-boy to Scotts.

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 60 Nor need th' officious Link-Boy's smoaky Light.

1739 J. Mottley Joe Miller's Jests No. 239 A Link-Boy cry'd, Have a Light, Gentlemen?

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxv. 391 The red glare of the link-boy's torch.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 161 Link-boys with their torches lighted the beaux over the mud.

figurative.1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. i. 24 This is the Page, Love's Link-boy, that must light me the way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	link-boy
释义	link-boyn. Etymology: link n.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlink-boy. A boy employed to carry a link to light passengers along the streets. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries > one employed to carry link-boy1660 moon-curser1673 lightman1697 light1712 linkman1716 link1845 1660 S. Pepys Diary 4 Feb. (1970) I. 41 Thence to Sir Harry Wright's. So with a link-boy to Scotts. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 60 Nor need th' officious Link-Boy's smoaky Light. 1739 J. Mottley Joe Miller's Jests No. 239 A Link-Boy cry'd, Have a Light, Gentlemen? 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxv. 391 The red glare of the link-boy's torch. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 161 Link-boys with their torches lighted the beaux over the mud. figurative.1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. i. 24 This is the Page, Love's Link-boy, that must light me the way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1660
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