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Meaning of kitchen-boy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A boy who does menial tasks in the kitchen of a large establishment.

Examples

“Perhaps he was watching for the butcher or the milkman, for he was a kitchen-boy in the household of a rich and mighty cardinal.”
“The king's cook⟳ engaged him as kitchen-boy, and he now had to turn⟳ the joints on the spit⟳ every day.”
“He shall serve⟳ his time as my kitchen-boy, and learn⟳ no more than I choose⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

kitchen-fee kitchen-garden kitchen-hand Kitchen-Kafir kitchen-sinkery kitchen-sinking

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