单词 | callboy |
释义 | callboy[ kawl-boi ] / ˈkɔlˌbɔɪ / nouna boy or man who summons actors, as from their dressing rooms, shortly before they are due to go on stage. a bellhop. Also call boy . a male prostitute who arranges appointments with clients by telephone. Also call-boy, call boy .Railroads Slang. a railroad employee responsible for ensuring that members of a train crew are on hand for their regular runs and for notifying them of an extra run. Origin of callboyFirst recorded in 1835–45; call + boy Words nearby callboycall a spade a spade, callathump, callback, call-board, call box, callboy, call center, call centre, call down, called strike, caller Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for callboy
British Dictionary definitions for callboycallboy / (ˈkɔːlˌbɔɪ) / nouna person who notifies actors when it is time to go on stage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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