telegraph boy en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A young male employed to notify people about incoming telegraphic messages.
It was a telegraph-boy with a wire which had been forwarded from my lodgings at Streatham.
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| telegraph boys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |