delivery boy
nounDefinition of delivery boy
: a person employed by a retail store to deliver small orders to customers on call
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In some instances, delivery firms even mislead customers by showing a restaurant as closed when their delivery boys are unavailable, added DVS Somaraju, honorary treasurer of FHRAI. — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, "Indian restaurants have forced Zomato to change its recipe—and customers are left with a sour taste," 21 Aug. 2019 When the historic April blizzard of 1982 hit New England 36 years ago, 13-year-old Thomas Young was working his second day on the job as a paper delivery boy in Hull. — Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, "Forecasters recall historic blizzard that blasted New England on April 6, 1982," 6 Apr. 2018 When a bad investment pushed the family into bankruptcy after the 1929 stock market crash, Dr. Seldin began working as a delivery boy to help pay the bills. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, "Donald W. Seldin, who built UT Southwestern into a medical powerhouse, dies at 97," 6 May 2018 When a bad investment pushed the family into bankruptcy after the 1929 stock market crash, Seldin began working as a delivery boy to help pay the bills. — Washington Post, latimes.com, "Dr. Donald Seldin, who made UT Southwestern a medical powerhouse, dies at 97," 9 May 2018 As a teenager, Luciano Giubbilei worked after school as a delivery boy for a florist in his native city of Siena, Italy. — Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, "Under the Tuscan Sun: Garden Designer Luciano Giubbilei's Italian Oasis," 21 Mar. 2018 Newspaper delivery boys wanted newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst to improve compensation for the children selling their products. — Eugene Scott, Washington Post, "#NationalWalkoutDay protesters continued a long history of youth activism," 15 Mar. 2018 After being accidentally cryogenically frozen, Fry (voiced by Billy West), a pizza delivery boy, wakes up 1,000 years in the future and takes a job with Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. — Sara Aridi, New York Times, "What’s on TV Monday: ‘Futurama’ and ‘Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party’," 16 Oct. 2017 We braced delivery boys and handymen employed by the building. — James Ellroy, Vanities, "James Ellroy’s Buzz M for Murder," 7 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'delivery boy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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