Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boy or man who carries a link or torch to light passengers in the streets of a city.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun male
servant or otherattendant (regardless of age), employed to bear atorch or otherlight abroad at night
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
Etymologies
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Examples
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They could hire a linkboy to light their way through the dark alleys.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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She guessed that he was a linkboy, hired by the middle-aged couple who walked at his side to light their way through the dark streets.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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They could hire a linkboy to light their way through the dark alleys.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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She guessed that he was a linkboy, hired by the middle-aged couple who walked at his side to light their way through the dark streets.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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She guessed that he was a linkboy, hired by the middle-aged couple who walked at his side to light their way through the dark streets.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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She guessed that he was a linkboy, hired by the middle-aged couple who walked at his side to light their way through the dark streets.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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She guessed that he was a linkboy, hired by the middle-aged couple who walked at his side to light their way through the dark streets.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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They could hire a linkboy to light their way through the dark alleys.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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They could hire a linkboy to light their way through the dark alleys.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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They could hire a linkboy to light their way through the dark alleys.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
bilby commented on the word linkboy
Now there's a job for sionnach.
September 19, 2008