water boy
Example Sentences
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If it was anyone else on Sunday behaving and performing like he did Erik ten Hag would have sent them to be the water boy for the under-18s!
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2024
He drove the golf carts, acted as a water boy, and looked like he had a blast.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
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
Later I asked questions and found that the water boy was missing; I ran to the office and was hired.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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