delivery boy
noun
: a person employed by a retail store to deliver small orders to customers on call
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Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Aug. 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
In one scene, the Emmy-winning actor plays to his strengths in physical comedy when his character wants to tip a pharmacy delivery boy, but only has a $20 bill and doesn’t want to part with it.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
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John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Aug. 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
In one scene, the Emmy-winning actor plays to his strengths in physical comedy when his character wants to tip a pharmacy delivery boy, but only has a $20 bill and doesn’t want to part with it.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for delivery boy
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“Delivery boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delivery%20boy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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