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cash boy

cash boy noun: in large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.

Noun

cash boy (plural cash boys)

  1. (US, dated, historical, informal) In large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.

Forms of cash boy

pluralcash boys

Questions about cash boy

What does cash boy mean?
Cash boy means in large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.
What part of speech is cash boy?
Cash boy is a noun.
What is the plural of cash boy?
The plural of cash boy is cash boys.

Words near cash boy in the dictionary

  1. cash bar
  2. cash bars
  3. cash basis
  4. cash box
  5. cash boxes
  6. cash boy
  7. cash boys
  8. cash card
  9. cash cards
  10. cash carrier
  11. cash carriers

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