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stock boy

stock boy is the alternative form of stockboy.

Meaning of stockboy

Noun

stockboy (plural stockboys)

  1. A young stockman raising livestock.
    • He spoke quietly, in a rather cultured voice, saying, "Your brother Mark gave Jock one of his halfcaste piccaninnies for a stock-boy. […]"1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 85
  2. A young stocker, an employee at a store stocking shelves; an entry-level retail employee.
    • He had graduated from Cregier High School two months earlier and quickly landed a job as a stockboy at Order from Horder, a stationery store chain.1991, Alex Kotlowitz, There are no Children Here, page 194

Forms of stock boy

pluralstock boys

Questions about stock boy

What is stock boy the alternative form of?
Stock boy is the alternative form of stockboy.

Words near stock boy in the dictionary

  1. stock animals
  2. stock ball
  3. stock balls
  4. stock bowler
  5. stock bowlers
  6. stock boy
  7. stock boys
  8. stock bubble
  9. stock bubbles
  10. stock car
  11. stock cars

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