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keyboy

keyboy noun: a male hotel or motel employee in charge of room keys.

Noun

keyboy (plural keyboys)

  1. A male hotel or motel employee in charge of room keys.
    • I drove downhill . . . toward the Mariner's Rest Motel. . . A keyboy. . . told me that Alex Kincaid had registered and gone out again.1963, Ross Macdonald, The Chill, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, page 48
    • We checked into adjoining rooms in a beach motel near the center of Santa Teresa. . . The keyboy opened the door between our two rooms.1968, Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy

Forms of keyboy

pluralkeyboys

Origin of keyboy

From key + boy.

Questions about keyboy

What does keyboy mean?
Keyboy means a male hotel or motel employee in charge of room keys.
What part of speech is keyboy?
Keyboy is a noun.
What is the plural of keyboy?
The plural of keyboy is keyboys.

Words near keyboy in the dictionary

  1. keyboarditis
  2. keyboardless
  3. keyboardlike
  4. keyboards
  5. keybounce
  6. keyboy
  7. keyboys
  8. keybutton
  9. keybuttons
  10. keycap
  11. keycaps

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