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Definition of Bellboy
1. Noun. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
Definition of Bellboy
1. Noun. A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bellboy
1. a hotel's errand boy [n -BOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellboy
Literary usage of Bellboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autumn Loiterers by Charles Hanson Towne (1917)
"XII A CERTAIN bellboy THE next morning we were undecided which way to turn—whether
to push slowly east toward Boston, or to go west, and come down home by ..."
2. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
"As if choreographed, the bellboy rolled in his cart, cleared the dishes, accepted
a tip¡ and left. Bruhn inclined his head to one side and smiled. ..."
3. Modern American Plays by George Pierce Baker (1920)
"The bellboy profits by this to steal some grapes and a cake from the table. ...
THE bellboy. Rag-bag! [He escapes. She hastily attempts to tidy the room, ..."
4. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"Many a coloured bellboy has swung wide our doors, and while waiting in ...
But the bellboy who escorted us to our rooms in the Hotel Savannah was not a ..."
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