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bellboy

[bel-boi] / ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ /


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A hotel manager at a ski resort in Norway does his best to cope with unruly guests and a new bellboy who seems determined to drive him crazy.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2020

As a teenager, Correa began working as a bellboy in a hotel in central Madrid.

From The Guardian Mar. 1, 2019

Mr. Berry made early television appearances on variety programs hosted by Garry Moore, Bob Newhart and Ed Sullivan, and beginning in 1960 was featured as a bellboy on “The Ann Sothern Show.”

From Washington Post Dec. 2, 2018

And now they stand in some hotel lobby in Turin, shouting at the proprietor while a bellboy waits, holding the elevator.

From The New Yorker Jun. 12, 2017

A bellboy complete with uniform and sharp-creased cap jumps forward and begins to carry our bags into the lobby.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

During summers, the children and their father worked as bellboys and valets at the Greenbrier, an expansive resort nearby.

From Washington Post May 28, 2021

As a result, union members who work as maids and bellboys at $400-a-night hotels pay nothing for their health care.

From New York Times Jul. 19, 2017

A year later, 14 women replaced the bellboys.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2017

At the Pennsylvania Hotel, bellboys observed that Son-in-Law Obregon had to ruffle through a roll of $1,000 bills before he found anything small enough to pay the taxis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other bellboys were taking these risks, and I fell in.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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