shopboy en · NOUN
Etymology
From shop + boy.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shopboys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |