delivery boy

noun

: a person employed by a retail store to deliver small orders to customers on call

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The series revolves around Meni Azulai, who works as a delivery boy who unwillingly becomes an infiltrator within the Israeli right-wing movement. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024 In one scene, the Emmy-winning actor plays to his strengths in physical comedy when his character wants to tip a pharmacy delivery boy, but only has a $20 bill and doesn’t want to part with it. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023 For example, Chérif Kouachi, the younger of the two brothers whose January 2015 attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris claimed 12 lives, was a would-be rapper and pizza delivery boy with a record of petty crime. Diego Gambetta, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2016 The back streets were devoid of the food and package delivery boys ubiquitous even in small Indian towns, because the e-commerce companies paused local services. Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for delivery boy 

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of delivery boy was in 1918

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“Delivery boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delivery%20boy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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