messenger boy
Example Sentences
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Growing up around his father’s law office, he became a messenger boy in the state Senate, where he met Gov. Earl Warren, the future chief justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
However, while studying at college, he became attracted to film-making and after a spell working for General Motors quit his job and went to work at 20th Century Fox as a messenger boy.
From BBC • May 12, 2024
By the time he was 14 he had his first job in the financial industry, working as a messenger boy for a Manhattan mortgage company.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023
After twin siblings Sebastian and Viola are separated at sea during a shipwreck, Viola adopts male attire in order to survive in the unfamiliar land of Illyria, becoming a dashing messenger boy named Cesario.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2019
He must not fall into the messenger boy trap.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
