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churn boy

churn boy noun: a boy employed to carry or collect milk churns for a farm or dairy.

Noun

churn boy (plural churn boys)

  1. A boy employed to carry or collect milk churns for a farm or dairy.
    • About twenty years back, William Cody, churn-boy to a person near Cork, had, after finishing his day's work, to go through six or eight fields to his own house, about twelve o'clock at night.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 521

Forms of churn boy

pluralchurn boys

Questions about churn boy

What does churn boy mean?
Churn boy means a boy employed to carry or collect milk churns for a farm or dairy.
What part of speech is churn boy?
Churn boy is a noun.
What is the plural of churn boy?
The plural of churn boy is churn boys.

Words near churn boy in the dictionary

  1. churmes
  2. churms
  3. churmuri
  4. churn
  5. churn and burn
  6. churn boy
  7. churn boys
  8. churn drill
  9. churn drills
  10. churn out
  11. churn rate

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