boxkeeper
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]boxkeeper (plural boxkeepers)
- (now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 255:
- I descended, escorted by the fruit-woman, who desired a box-keeper to open the door of Mrs Pott's box […] .
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 255: