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office boy

noun

Definition of office boy

: a boy or man employed for odd jobs in a business office

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 Whitman started work as an office boy for a Brooklyn law firm, reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott in his spare time, and exploring every corner of New York. — Elaine Showalter, The New York Review of Books, "Whitman, Melville, & Julia Ward Howe: A Tale of Three Bicentennials," 27 May 2019 Eventually working after school as an office boy and writing pieces for a local news service, Lee became an assistant at Timely Comics, a golden age imprint that would eventually become the infamous Marvel. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Remembering Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics Legend, Dies at 95," 12 Nov. 2018

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First Known Use of office boy

1842, in the meaning defined above

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office boy

noun

English Language Learners Definition of office boy

old-fashioned : a boy or man employed to do simple jobs in an office

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