| 单词 | chore-boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschore-boy chore-boy n. North American a boy employed in doing odd jobs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs odd man1743 chore-girl18.. chore-boy1848 odd-job man1859 odd-jobber1886 toti1886 wood-and-water joey1887 useful1891 1848 Knickerbocker Sept. 230 I afterwards saw Betty,..laughing with the gardener and ‘chore-boy’. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 July 10/1 The Secretary of the Treasury began life as a bank clerk,..the Secretary of the Navy as a ‘chore-boy’ on a farm. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxviii. 187 You would have to be chore-boy in a lumber camp. 1957 Fish & Game (Calgary, Alberta) 30 Aug. 11/2 [He] accompanies him on fishing trips and..has gradually slipped into the role of camp-cook and chore-boy. < as lemmas |
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