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- noun A
boy who sells goods in aretail establishment; a youngsalesman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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My work as a used-newspaper salesboy didn't last for long, as I found more lucrative employment selling polished stones ( "Hot Rocks") and then performing as a magician at local birthday parties and Elks clubs.
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* Inferentially, a door-to-door subscription salesboy.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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* Inferentially, a door-to-door subscription salesboy.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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The polo shirted salesman (salesboy?) managed to tear his eyeballs off Beth long enough to inquire as to my health and ask if there was anything he could help me with.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2002
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I have yet to meet a salesboy who will not lie to make a sale or just for the hell of it.
Raw Story 2010
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I have yet to meet a salesboy who will not lie to make a sale or just for the hell of it.
Raw Story 2010
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Then I thought of becoming a designer and took a job at a boutique as a salesboy and I kept practicing sketches.
rediff.com 2010
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Captain Kirk tells how he refused to lower himself to play sidekick to a sandwich salesboy … especially one holding a pair of pants stolen from Shatner's dressing room.
Franchise Pick 2008
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a pimply faced salesboy asked me as I sat there trying not to weep.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002
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