Definition of Office boy

1. Noun. A young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office.

Generic synonyms: Employee

Definition of Office boy

1. Noun. A boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office to perform odd jobs, such as running errands or making copies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Office Boy

offertures
offfield
offhand
offhanded
offhandedly
offhandedness
offhandednesses
offhold
office
office-bearer
office-house
office-wall
office-walls
office automation
office block
office boy (current term)
office boys
office building
office buildings
office chair
office chairs
office furniture
office hours
office management
office mate
office mates
office nursing
office staff
office visits
office wall

Literary usage of Office boy

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

1. Training the Boy by William Arch McKeever (1913)
"office boy The position of office boy is in some respects a desirable one for vacation employment. The duties are usually not at all arduous. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"... does not remember how long he had been working there; knew he had been working there a couple of months ahead of her as office boy; had a talk with him ..."

3. A guide to the study of occupations: a selected critical bibliography of the by Frederick James Allen (1921)
"office boy ALLEN. Advertising as a Vocation, 43; 49, the office man; 79 and 80. ... Occupations, 93, beginning as an office boy. McKEEVER. ..."

4. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Found Dead by His office boy.— Bloody Appearance of the Room —Mrs. Cunningham's Character — unscrupulous and Strong- Minded.—Her Repeated Threats. ..."

5. Charles Bradlaugh: A Record of His Life and Work by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, John Mackinnon Robertson (1895)
"His earnings were required to help in supplying the needs of the growing family ; and at twelve years old he was made office boy with a salary ..."

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