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[ hous-boi ] / ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ /
Origin of houseboyFirst recorded in 1895–1900; house + boy Words nearby houseboyhouse, house agent, house arrest, houseboat, housebound, houseboy, house brand, housebreak, housebreaker, housebreaking, housebroken Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for houseboyHe was a houseboy for Mrs. Burris and then he was a houseboy for my grandmother. Barack Obama's Irish Roots|Tom Sykes|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST It was missing in him still, when he came that night rather late to the apartment where only the Japanese houseboy awaited him. The Lovely Lady|Mary Austin On Earth, he lived in a little Vermont cottage and enjoyed the quiet companionship of two cats, a Japanese houseboy, and a wife. Death Wish|Robert Sheckley I stayed on and was Miss Annie's houseboy long as she lasted. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
My houseboy might be in the rising, and I would never suspect it till one fine morning he cut my throat.' When Titus was five or six years of age he was given to Flowden's wife who groomed him for the job of houseboy. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
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