Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person employed by a hotel to assist guests, as by carrying luggage and doing errands.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
Etymologies
- Probably short for bell-hopper. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He called the bellhop and they brought a cart for Aria’s many bags.”
“He has known the so-called bellhop since they were in the 6th grade and considers him a friend.”
“Some of my colleagues and I have mused about their purpose; to eject a misbehaving councillor, to call a bellhop or to order pizza delivery now that free food has been banned from our meetings?”
“Usually, Johnny Roventini, the famous Philip Morris "bellhop", ended their "soft-sell" with his famous clarion call,”
“Usually, Johnny Roventini, the famous Philip Morris "bellhop", ended their "soft-sell" with his famous clarion call, "Call For Philip Mor-Aiss!", followed by the closing credits, featuring a Philip Morris pack in the background [it was the sponsor's custom to feature their product or logo during these credits, which were later refilmed for daytime and off-network repeats, minus the sponsor's product”
“Usually, Johnny Roventini, the famous Philip Morris "bellhop", ended their "soft-sell" with his famous clarion call, "Call For Philip Mor-Aiss!", followed by the closing credits, featuring a Philip Morris pack in the background [it was the sponsor's custom to feature their product or logo during these credits, which were later refilmed for daytime and off-network repeats, minus the sponsor's product Drag to Playlist”
“Maybe this fallacy stems from outdated ideas of cross-continental travel, a holdover from the age of steam trunks when tipping was "uncouth" and awkward choreographed group dances were plentiful; when a young heiress thought that tipping was too "forward" and a young bellhop felt that being gallant was more important than his tuberculosis medication.”
The Huffington Post: Ali Fitzgerald: The Plague Of American Cheapskates
“I was a valet/bellhop for a downtown hotel back in my college days and both town car drivers and cabbies offered bribes/tips for an attempt to steer business to them.”
“My next tip went to Atiz the bellhop, who was from Pakistan.”
“He was still in his red bellhop uniform, a welcome spot of color in all the gray.”
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