| 单词 | telegram boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelegram boy General attributive and objective, as telegram boy, telegram sender, etc. ΚΠ a1864 R. S. Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) xxix. 121 And while yet they stood debating..a blue and red telegram-boy came dribbling down the yard. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 470 The general telegram-sender. 1895 Daily News 3 Dec. 5/3 For some years past the Parisians have had the benefit of a system of ‘telegram postcards’ which are sent by pneumatic tubes. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 114 A telegram boy stepped in nimbly, threw an envelope on the counter and stepped off posthaste. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 727 Is it really sensible..to announce five years ahead the closure of the telegram service? 2004 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 Mar. 26 Gleeson was the servo attendant and McHugh the telegram boy. < as lemmas |
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