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LINKBOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does linkboy mean?
• LINKBOY (noun)
The noun LINKBOY has 1 sense:
1. (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
Familiarity information: LINKBOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
linkboy; linkman
Hypernyms ("linkboy" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
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