Meaning of book-boy | Babel Free
Definitions
A young male assigned to retrieve books, especially for patrons in a library.
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Examples
“A Battledore boy or Horn-book-boy.”
“His first situation was as book-boy in the library of the Bristol Law Society.”
“While a student at Fordham Law School I was indentured to the Association as a book-boy at Vesey Street charged with the responsibility of shelving the books in the south reading toom.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.