Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boy employed in a shop or store to carry the money received by salesmen from customers to a cashier and bring back the proper change.
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Examples
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George secured a place as an overgrown cash-boy, and brought in two dollars and fifty cents a week, all of which, at first, he gladly contributed.
Jennie Gerhardt 2004
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"Why, you are the cash-boy," said the president, "and you bring the money to me, for I am the cashier."
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand
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"There's no charge for the cleaning," said the clerk, noting down Orme's name and address, and handing the soiled hat to the cash-boy.
The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Bannister Merwin
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"Cath!" sang out Pip, in tones of command, addressed to a supposed cash-boy.
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand
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Yet he rather liked to hear these legends of the iron kings, that were told and retold on Sundays and holidays; these stories of palaces in Venice, yachts on the Mediterranean, and high play at Monte Carlo appealed to his fancy, and he was interested in the triumphs of cash boys who had become famous, though he had no mind for the cash-boy stage.
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Yet he rather liked to hear these legends of the iron kings, that were told and retold on Sundays and holidays; these stories of palaces in Venice, yachts on the Mediterranean, and high play at Monte Carlo appealed to his fancy, and he was interested in the triumphs of cash boys who had become famous, though he had no mind for the cash-boy stage.
Youth and the Bright Medusa Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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The duties of a cash-boy are simple enough, and Frank had no difficulty in discharging them satisfactorily.
The Cash Boy 1889
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Our young friend is a cash-boy at Gilbert & Mack's, Mrs. Bradley.
The Cash Boy 1889
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"I've been thinking, Frank," said Jasper, the next morning, "that you might get the position as a cash-boy."
The Cash Boy 1889
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He bids fair, though advanced in age, to live some years yet, to witness the happiness of his dear grandson, once a humble cash-boy.
The Cash Boy 1889
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