| 词汇 | errand-boy |
| 释义 | errand boy noun[ C ] old-fashioneduk /ˈer.ənd ˌbɔɪ/ us /ˈer.ənd ˌbɔɪ/ a boy or young man employed by a shop or business to take messages, goods, etc.（商店、公司中）供差遣的童仆（或年轻男子） Messengers and people who deliver things bearer broker courier deliveryman despatcher dispatcher go-between herald judoka letter carrier mail carrier mailman messenger milkman postman postwoman runner sender town crier A retired merchant in New York secures him the situation of errand boy, and thereafter stands as his friend. He began his career as an errand boy in a law office. He had no wish to deprive the errand boy of the two dollars a week, which he probably richly earned. He is fourteen years old and employed as errand boy in a business house in New York. He worked in a shipyard for a bit, then I took him as a sort of errand boy and porter. Examples of errand boyerrand boy A boy goes to the local baker as an errandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a boy who had left a junior secondary school and then became a sort of errandboy and worked in a garage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the errandboy carried a basket and then went on a bicycle he was not so dangerous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether a person is a printer, a distributor or an errandboy, he is part and parcel of the process known as publishing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other boy had no particular ambition and became an errandboy in a department store. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can you let the errandboy or the van boy be regulated to 48 hours while the regulation behind the counter is 74? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day in the distributive trades a boy can begin as an errandboy and end as a managing director. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An errandboy at 14 years of age still has the chance to play pranks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I started my working life in the retail industry as an errandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it does not exculpate the motorcycle courier, the errandboy carrying the film. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not the case with regard to the van boy, the page boy or the errandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The newspaper's editorial described him as a "lack-lustre errandboy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ever since 1918 we have given every employé, from the errandboy to the most skilled worker, a fortnight's holiday with pay without cessation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a well-known case in which an errandboy on a cycle, making deliveries for a multiple shop, came into collision with a car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I happen to have been engaged in the retail trade for 20 or 25 years, having worked from the bottom, from the position of an errandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of errand boy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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