| 单词 | bag boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbag boy bag boy n. a (typically young) male assistant who carries a bag or bags for someone; (now esp.) an assistant in a supermarket or other shop who helps customers to pack and carry their purchases. ΚΠ 1786 Morning Post 10 Apr. Jones's bag-boy was detected bending the spurs [of a fighting cock]. 1872 All Year Round 17 Aug. 320/1 All the legal rout, serjeants in silk and stuff, clerks, bag-boys, attorneys, scriveners, assessors. 1877 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 4 Aug. 7/2 The maid-of-all-work, and..the page and bag-boy. 1915 P. Davis Street-land 165 ‘Bag-boys’ loiter about railway stations..at all hours, always ready and anxious to carry a traveling bag or suitcase for a tip. 1941 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 24 Sept. 1/1 The bagboy, making no further mistake, proffered the putter. 1964 J. D. MacDonald Deep Blue Goodby xi. 101 There is competition for bag-boy jobs in the supermarkets. 2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Sept. 67/1 (advt.) Carry your own groceries to the car instead of letting the bag boy do it. < as lemmas |
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