water boy

Example Sentences

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He drove the golf carts, acted as a water boy, and looked like he had a blast.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Petitbon was the water boy on his brothers’ squads, including when they attended Gonzaga in Northwest Washington, where Petitbon wore a purple-and-white wig to games.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

At 13, after only a year and a half of formal education, Poitier dropped out of school and worked briefly as a water boy for ditch diggers and later as a laborer in a warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2022

When he was 12, Mr. Poitier quit school and became a water boy for a crew of pick-and-shovel laborers.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022

He said the water boy had just brought news to the field hands, and it had been passed from one to the other until it reached him.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry