water boy
Example Sentences
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He saw it in Bowden even before high school, as early as the fifth grade, when all of the kid’s energy was zeroed in on being the best possible water boy he could be.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
He drove the golf carts, acted as a water boy, and looked like he had a blast.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
Jonathan Ogden of St. Albans may be the best football player the region ever produced, but he played offensive tackle, a position about as likely to win the Heisman as water boy.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022
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
He said the water boy had just brought news to the field hands, and it had been passed from one to the other until it reached him.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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