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errand boy



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When the Nazis came that night, she recognized one of them as a former errand boy of the business.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

The judge said that while Treanor has been described as "an errand boy", it was euphemism that "doesn't sit well with the gravity of the offence".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

He was soon “recruited as a teenaged errand boy of British Intelligence,” he wrote in his 2016 memoir, “The Pigeon Tunnel.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2020

A first-year New York film student meets a ``Godfather’’ look-alike and becomes his errand boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

“Stay where you are, Jo. I’m errand boy to this establishment,” said Laurie, taking up his cap.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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