1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Dram. Pers. 2 in II Peni-boy, the Sonne, the heire and Suiter.]
1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley V. 168/1 Penny-boy (old), a boy who haunted the cattle markets on the chance of driving beasts to the slaughter~house.
1914 J. Joyce 273 He saw himself as a ludicrous figure, acting as a pennyboy for his aunts.
1994 11 June (Weekend Suppl.) 24/2 She was neither pennyboy nor clown to the poet.