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office boy

noun

  1. a person, traditionally a boy, employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.


office boy

noun

  1. a former name for office junior
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of office boy1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

Having started work aged 16 as an office boy in Trafford Park, he went on to become a director of a building firm in Salford.

From BBC

The Davies family’s inherited wealth was derived from Ralph K. Davies, who began at Standard Oil of California as a 15-year-old office boy and rose to become the youngest director in the company’s history.

But after his discharge, a girlfriend told him that The Times was looking to hire an office boy in the photography department for $30 a week.

His parents could not afford to send him to college, but he attended night classes at the University of Chicago while working as a proofreader and office boy for The Chicago Sun-Times.

Family and coworkers impede a secretary’s romance with an office boy.

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