water boy
Example Sentences
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Unable to play football, he was the team’s water boy.
From Washington Post
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
For a brief time, I was the rock ’n’ roll water boy to my masses of fans.
From Los Angeles Times
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
At 13, after only a year and a half of formal education, Poitier dropped out of school and worked briefly as a water boy for ditch diggers and later as a laborer in a warehouse.
From Los Angeles Times
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