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单词 footboy
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Definition of footboy in US English:

footboy

noun ˈfʊtbɔɪˈfo͝otboiˈfʊtbɔɪ
historical
  • A boy employed as a servant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At 13, Read was sent to be a footboy to a French woman but she ran off and joined a man-of-war crew still disguised as a man.
    • Still disguised as a boy, Mary found a job as a footboy to a wealthy French woman living in London.
    • She has closed herself off - sneering at the young lovers, ignoring the footboy and the beggar.
    • Over the years I have accumulated many footboys, slaves, fans and friends all over the world.
    • Then a teenager, Mary was hired out as a footboy to a French woman.
 
 

Definition of footboy in US English:

footboy

nounˈfo͝otboiˈfʊtbɔɪ
historical
  • A boy employed as a servant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At 13, Read was sent to be a footboy to a French woman but she ran off and joined a man-of-war crew still disguised as a man.
    • Then a teenager, Mary was hired out as a footboy to a French woman.
    • She has closed herself off - sneering at the young lovers, ignoring the footboy and the beggar.
    • Over the years I have accumulated many footboys, slaves, fans and friends all over the world.
    • Still disguised as a boy, Mary found a job as a footboy to a wealthy French woman living in London.
 
 
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