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Postboy

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wentnoun(obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
post boynounAlternative form of postboy. [(historical) A male postilion.]
postilionnounA rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
potboynounA boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.
posterboynounAlternative form of poster boy. [(idiomatic) A male exemplar of some trait.]
paperboynounA boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
page boynounAlternative spelling of pageboy. [(now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page.]
callboynoun(euphemistic) A male prostitute.
pieboynoun(rare) A boy who sells pies.
bug boynoun(US, slang) An apprentice jockey.
bugboynoun(US) Alternative spelling of bug boy. [(US, slang) An apprentice jockey.]
showboynoun(rare) A male performer analogous to a showgirl.
houseboynoun(chiefly historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.
boy in buttonsnoun(historical) A young male servant in livery; a page.
turnboynoun(East Africa) An assistant to the driver of public transport or a truck.
copyboynounAlternative form of copy boy. [(publishing) A boy employed to carry copy and run errands.]
ploughboynoun(historical) A boy who directed the draught animals that pulled a plough; a boy who served as a ploughman's helper.
newsboynounA boy, or by extension a man, who sells and/or delivers newspapers.
rent boynoun(chiefly British, informal) A male prostitute, typically young and gay.
book-boynoun(dated) A young male assigned to retrieve books, especially for patrons in a library.

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