char-boy
char-boy noun: a young male employed to do housework or other odd jobs.
Noun
char-boy (plural char-boys)
- A young male employed to do housework or other odd jobs.
- They think only of the tasks of a slave, a drudge, or a char-boy.1885, Leroy M. Yale, M.D. (medical editor), Marion Harland (Editor of General Nursery Topics), “Babyhood”, in Babyhood, A Monthly Magazine For Mothers, volume 2, page 409
- When they were hastily summoned at dawn by one of the char-boys, they found the janitor in his little room, bent almost double, and to all appearance dead.1892, André Laurie, Paschal Grousset, Schoolboy Days in Russia, page 275
Examples of char-boy in a sentence
- Not a char-boy within fifty miles but what knows that I haven't had a change of pearls for three weeks!"1924, Earle Ennis, “A Royal Hiatus”, in Radio, volume 6, page 21:
- Proper char-boys, clean sheets and blankets, soft pillows, pyjamas and - best of all - hot and cold showers.1996, Roy Humphreys, To Stop a Rising Sun, Reminiscences of Wartime in India and Burma, page 59:
Forms of char-boy
| plural | char-boys |
|---|---|
| alternative form | charboy |
Origin of char-boy
From char + boy.
Questions about char-boy
- What does char-boy mean?
- Char-boy means a young male employed to do housework or other odd jobs.
- How do you use char-boy in a sentence?
- Not a char-boy within fifty miles but what knows that I haven't had a change of pearls for three weeks!"
- What part of speech is char-boy?
- Char-boy is a noun.
- What is the plural of char-boy?
- The plural of char-boy is char-boys.
Words near char-boy in the dictionary
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