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bellboy

[bel-boi] / ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ /


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Somehow, McCarthy’s assurance makes these clichés seem new again, donning them as naturally as O’Connell’s gawky bellboy wearing an old-fashioned red cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

As a teenager, Correa began working as a bellboy in a hotel in central Madrid.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019

And now they stand in some hotel lobby in Turin, shouting at the proprietor while a bellboy waits, holding the elevator.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

“From bellboy to deputy sheriff,” the father says.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2014

He had worked in a blacksmith’s shop and as a waiter and as a bellboy in a hotel.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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