Definition of Ball boy

1. Noun. A boy who retrieves balls for tennis players.

Generic synonyms: Boy, Male Child

Definition of Ball boy

1. Noun. (sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ball Boy

ball-peen hammer
ball-peen hammers
ball-pein hammer
ball-pein hammers
ball-playing
ball-point pen
ball-point pens
ball-shaped
ball-valve thrombus
ball ache
ball and chain
ball and socket joint
ball and socket joints
ball bearing
ball bearings
ball boy (current term)
ball boys
ball carrier
ball carriers
ball cartridge
ball clay
ball club
ball cock
ball fern
ball field
ball flower
ball flowers
ball game
ball games
ball girl

Literary usage of Ball boy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Steps in English by John Morrow, Andrew Curtin McLean, Thomas Charles Blaisdell (1903)
"The boy hit the ball. boy \ \ hit \ ball I The [The 2. The ball was hit by the boy. ball ^ was hit \The I by \ boy ~\th-_ Do these sentences express the ..."

2. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1901)
"Tee my ball, boy —just here.' ' Mr. Malone,' I said, ' this is carrying a joke too far ! Every child knows that if you knock your ball off the tee while ..."

3. The Filipino Teacher's Manual by Harry Couch Theobald (1907)
"... each column containing the same words, but with the words in different order; as, — boy girl ball dog girl dog boy girl ball boy girl ball dog ball dog ..."

4. English Lessons by California State Text-book Committee, John Morrow, California, State Text-book Committee, Andrew Curtin McLean (1906)
"The boy hit the ball. boy j\ hit \ ball I The I the 2. The ball was hit by the boy. ball ^ was hit I The by | boy Vthe Do these sentences express the same ..."

5. Report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage-earners in the United States: In by Charles Patrick Neill, United States Bureau of Labor (1911)
"The province of the "ball boy" is to roll or turn the blower's pipe, ... The function of the ball boy is the same where two or more varieties of glass enter ..."

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