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Meaning of telegraph boy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A young male employed to notify people about incoming telegraphic messages.

historical

Examples

“It was a telegraph-boy with a wire which had been forwarded from my lodgings at Streatham.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

telegraph code telegraph cucumber Telegraph Hill telegraph line telegraph office telegraph operator