kitchenboy

English

Noun

kitchenboy (plural kitchenboys)

1. Alternative form of kitchen-boy
   • 1977, Risto Volanen, On Conditions of Decision Making, page 132:

     This is a principle of action and the kitchenboy may work according to it.

   • 2010, David Staines, Tennyson’s Camelot:

     Well spoken kitchenboy said Sir Kay, Thou wilt lose nothing for the asking.

   • 2011, Isabel Hofmeyr, Michelle Williams, South Africa and India: Shaping the Global South:

     Also colonial-born, Govindswamy had started his career as a 'kitchenboy' in Umkomaas, then moved on to being a messenger on the railways, before becoming an assistant in a printer's firm at 30 shillings per month, where he was recruited by Madanjit.