water boy
Example Sentences
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The water boy couldn’t find anything to drink.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
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
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
“Honest to God,” he was saying, “I’d consider it an honor just to be water boy for these kids.”
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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