Definition of "office boy" []

• A boy or young man employed in a business office to do odd jobs and errands. (noun)

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• "August 7, 1876, he became office boy in the electricians 'department of the Western Union Telegraph Company at six dollars and twenty-five cents per week."
• "Edward Bok had not been office boy long before he realized that if he learned shorthand he would stand a better chance for advancement."
• "When Feuerstein came into the anteroom the gimlet-eyed office boy disappeared through one of the doors in the partition and reappeared after a longer absence than usual."