link-boy

Embasicoetas, prop. a link-boy at marriages, also a

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Joy (deft link-boy!) lit his lamps in each of her eyes as I entered.

Burlesques 2006

‘If you want to vex him, ax him about his wife the washerwoman, who BATES him,’ here whispered in my ear another worthy, a retired link-boy, who, disgusted with his profession, had adopted the military life.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

On one side a link-boy was offering him assistance, and on another a policeman tendering him some service.

Ayala's Angel 2004

On one side a link-boy was offering him assistance, and on another a policeman tendering him some service.

Ayala's Angel 1993

An intemperate man of learning is like a blind link-boy: -- _He shows the road to others, but sees it not himself_: -- whoever ventured his life on an unproductive hazard gained nothing by the risk, and lost his own stake.

The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Various

We finally found a link-boy and he finally found the McCarthy's house, and I left them giving Ethel quinine and whiskey.

Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1917

We finally found a link-boy and he finally found the McCarthy's house, and I left them giving Ethel quinine and whiskey.

Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis 1917

And so no later than this evening I am playing link-boy, appointed by letters patent, one might say.

Clementina 1906

One evening a link-boy was lighting him along, and, coming to a gutter, the boy jumped nimbly over it.

The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy 1893