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delivery boy

noun

  1. a boy or youth who delivers merchandise for a store, as to the homes or offices of customers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of delivery boy1

First recorded in 1915–20

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Example Sentences

My first “job,” was working for the Gannett Company as a delivery boy for the Lansing State Journal at the age of 11.

I did my first job, as a delivery boy for the Lansing State Journal, in the late 1970s with the help of my 10-speed.

Did you have any talks with your sister or with him when he was working as a delivery boy or messenger boy for Tujague's?

Before the wagon was at rest the delivery-boy was off and half-way around the side of the house.

Juanita Haydock cheerfully jabbered, "You have it there by twelve or I'll snatch that fresh delivery-boy bald-headed."

The delivery boy did not notice Bunny and Sue, who crouched down low, so as to keep out of sight.

He had taken on an extra job evenings, that of delivery boy for the local grocer.

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