单词 | hall-boy |
释义 | > as lemmashall-boy hall-boy n. a page-boy in a large house; a call-boy in the hall of a hotel or the like. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > who runs errands > boy > in an hotel or inn bellboy1861 hall-boy1884 bell-hopper1900 bell-hop1910 1884 N.Y. Herald 27 Oct. 2/2 Janitors and hall boys in attendance. 1885 C. M. Yonge Nuttie's Father ii. xiii. 158 The hall boy, an alert young fellow, had already dashed down the steps. 1892 C. M. Yonge That Stick I. ii. 23 He had been hall boy to a duke, footman to a viscountess, valet to an earl. 1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xx The hall-boys said you were busy on the telephone. < as lemmas |
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