Meaning of boot boy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A boy who cleans boots and shoes.
2. One of a gang of violent hooligans who usually wear short-cropped hair and bovver boots.
3. A boy who cares for a footballer's boots.
   British

Examples

“He's [Enda Kenny] acting like a political thug and a political boot boy in a party political fashion.”

“Among Bryan Gunn's myriad incarnations, from Alex Ferguson's babysitter through Scotland goalkeeper to Norwich manager, boot boy to Alex McLeish was one of the less successful. Once, just before a Scottish Cup final, McLeish discovered his size 10s were still in Aberdeen.”

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