callboy
a boy or man who summons actors, as from their dressing rooms, shortly before they are due to go on stage.
a bellhop.
Also call boy . a male prostitute who arranges appointments with clients by telephone.
Also call-boy, call boy .Railroads Slang. a railroad employee responsible for ensuring that members of a train crew are on hand for their regular runs and for notifying them of an extra run.
Origin of callboy
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How to use callboy in a sentence
To this day they call boys from Norfolk 'Norfolk Dumplings' in the neighbouring shires.
George Borrow and His Circle | Clement King ShorterSome carriages stood before the door, and within, around the base of a pillar, sat a circle of idle call-boys.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete | William Dean HowellsPerhaps Mrs. Woffington knew this; but epilogues are stubborn things, and call-boys undeniable.
Peg Woffington | Charles ReadeThat morning one of our call boys had turned up missing and that fact also irritated me.
Danger Signals | John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing BradyWe wrote about football, about the management of the lunch-room, about the need of more call-boys in the library.
Post-Impressions | Simeon Strunsky
British Dictionary definitions for callboy
/ (ˈkɔːlˌbɔɪ) /
a person who notifies actors when it is time to go on stage
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