kitchen boy

English

Noun

kitchen boy (plural kitchen boys)

1. Alternative form of kitchen-boy
   • 1903, Alexander Davis, W. R. Stewart, The Native Problem in South Africa, page 172:

     Two ladies rarely meet together 'in chat' without in some manner or other Tom or Jim, the kitchen boy, cropping up in conversation.

   • 1916, Maurice Smethurst Evans, Black and White in South East Africa, page 157:

     The only way to replace him is to tell all the boys employed by the neighbours that a kitchen boy is wanted, and they are to look out and catch the new comer from the country as he arrives.