cash boy

noun

In large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.

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Meanings

nouncash boy (plural cash boys)

plural cash boys

  1. USdatedhistoricalinformalIn large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.
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APA

cash boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20boy

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“cash boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20boy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cash boy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20boy.

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