delivery boy

noun

Synonyms of delivery boynext
: a person employed by a retail store to deliver small orders to customers on call

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Those paddlewheel gambling boats are as much a thing of the past as newspaper delivery boys. Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026 Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile. John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025 The story centers on Eddie Edison, a pizza delivery boy by day, sidekick by night. Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025 Buffett would work as a newspaper delivery boy for The Washington Post. Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for delivery boy

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of delivery boy was in 1918

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“Delivery boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delivery%20boy. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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