boot-boy

He sketched the horses, he sketched the dogs; all the servants from the blear-eyed boot-boy to the rosy-cheeked lass,

The Newcomes 2006

He was well aware that the palace would know his misfortune, that it was known, and freely discussed by all, from the examining chaplain down to the palace boot-boy; — nay, that it was known to all the diocese; but yet he could smile upon those around him, and look as though he held his own like other men — unless when open violence was displayed.

The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

There is the story of the boot-boy, the story of the man with one eye, the story of the woman who sells winkles.

The Waves 2003

The growl of the boot-boy making love to the tweeny among the gooseberry bushes; the clothes blown out hard on the line; the dead man in the gutter; the apple tree, stark in the moonlight; the rat swarming with maggots; the lustre dripping blue — our white wax was streaked and stained by each of these differently.

The Waves 2003

‘The boot-boy made love to the scullery-maid in the kitchen garden,’ said Susan, ‘among the blown-out washing.’

The Waves 2003

The dismissal of the boot-boy made me more and more apprehensive that I should still continue to be degraded after the beginning of the term, while I felt humiliated by the conviction that, even in the present circumstances, Mr. and Mrs. Turton were keeping me only on sufferance.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Our very perils were matter to him of infinite merriment; and then there was a short-tempered boot-boy at the inn, who wanted to pick a quarrel with him, at which he laughed till the water ran over his cheeks.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829 Various

The four other week-end guests, her host and hostess and their five children, the invalid aunt who resides with the family, the three female servants and the boot-boy who lives in -- all have completely vanished.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 Various

When they were called, the boot-boy laid a book on Cadbury's bed as he passed.

Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War Florence Coombe

The limit was reached when, muddy and cold, they found that the new boot-boy had forgotten to heat the boiler, and there was only cold water to wash in.

The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh 1939