| 单词 | errand boy |
| 释义 | errand boy noun[C] old-fashioneduk/ˈer.ənd ˌbɔɪ/us/ˈer.ənd ˌbɔɪ/aboyoryoungmanemployedby ashoporbusinessto takemessages,goods, etc. （商店、公司中）供差遣的童仆（或年轻男子）Messengers and people who deliver things
Examplesoferrand boyerrand boy A boy goes to the local baker as anerrandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a boy who had left a junior secondary school and then became a sort oferrandboyand worked in a garage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When theerrandboycarried 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether a person is a printer, a distributor or anerrandboy, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The other boy had no particular ambition and became anerrandboyin a department store. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How can you let theerrandboyor 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day in the distributive trades a boy can begin as anerrandboyand end as a managing director. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Anerrandboyat 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I started my working life in the retail industry as anerrandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it does not exculpate the motorcycle courier, theerrandboycarrying the film. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not the case with regard to the van boy, the page boy or theerrandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The newspaper's editorial described him as a "lack-lustreerrandboy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Ever since 1918 we have given every employé, from theerrandboyto 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a well-known case in which anerrandboyon 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 theOpen 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 anerrandboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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