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shopboy

shopboy noun: a boy employed in a shop.

Noun

shopboy (plural shopboys)

  1. A boy employed in a shop.
    • One figure after another emerged from the room behind, and at each step Walter Maynard felt a cold shudder steal over him; and then he started and coloured, lest his agitation should have been observed; but the shopboy was too used to such scenes to heed them.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 10–11

Forms of shopboy

pluralshopboys

Origin of shopboy

From shop + boy.

Questions about shopboy

What does shopboy mean?
Shopboy means a boy employed in a shop.
What part of speech is shopboy?
Shopboy is a noun.
What is the plural of shopboy?
The plural of shopboy is shopboys.

Words near shopboy in the dictionary

  1. shopbook
  2. shopbooks
  3. shopbot
  4. shopbots
  5. shopbought
  6. shopboy
  7. shopboys
  8. shopbreaker
  9. shopbreakers
  10. shopbreaking
  11. shopbreakings

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