Meanings
plural barrow-boys
- alternativeAlternative form of barrow boy.
The barrow-boy was older than Elliot, almost a grown man.
2013, Rebecca Nolen, The Dry, →ISBN2 more examples
'Is it far to walk,' asked Ruth, 'or should I take a bus?' 'Bus!' The barrow-boy roared with laughter.
2012, Victor Pemberton, A Perfect Stranger, →ISBNHe was just a nice, barrow-boy type geezer who got on the Devil's Dandruff, started to believe his own bullshit and ended up stabbing Charlie Kray's black chauffeur to death over total bollocks.
2013, Horace Silver, Judas Pig, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna male hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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