Meaning of keyboy | Babel Free

Definitions

A male hotel or motel employee in charge of room keys.

Examples

“I drove downhill . . . toward the Mariner's Rest Motel. . . A keyboy. . . told me that Alex Kincaid had registered and gone out again.”

“We checked into adjoining rooms in a beach motel near the center of Santa Teresa. . . The keyboy opened the door between our two rooms.”

“20??, on-line comment, TravelBlog web-page Arrive between 06:00 p.m.and 09:00 p.m. clock clock [sic] get your room key from the KeyBoy the right from [sic] the hotel entrance!”

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