¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Houseboy
1. a male servant [n -BOYS] - See also: servant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Houseboy
Literary usage of Houseboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"houseboy. You never! Maid. How on earth can I ever Cook the pigs' food if I ...
houseboy. You whopper! I never Touched the old lid of your copper! Maid. ..."
2. The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine (1893)
"An African gave him the recipe, and poor houseboy thought he had discovered a
short cut ... It was enough to drive anybody's houseboy to utterest despair. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"houseboy came to me and said a black man was at the door. ... After it was over,
the houseboy said to me, 'Why can that man eat with you and the master [a ..."
4. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"He said he did not know why the camp was without guard or houseboy that he would
send his askari (policeman) until things could be sorted out. ..."
5. Personal Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in the Model Settlement by Charles M. Dyce (1906)
"The houseboy, doubtless on account of the squeeze, would provide eggs which,
though they were not bad, were not fresh. The mess, with that patience ..."
6. Gayellow Pages: The National Edition 2005-2006 USA and Canada by Frances Green (2005)
"... www.le houseboy.com « Bed & Breakfast right in the Gay Village. Full Breakfast,
Parking. Gay men only. New Indoor Jacuzzi. ..."
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