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PAGEBOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pageboy mean?
• PAGEBOY (noun)
The noun PAGEBOY has 2 senses:
1. a boy who is employed to run errands
2. a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
Familiarity information: PAGEBOY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A boy who is employed to run errands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
page; pageboy
Hypernyms ("pageboy" is a kind of...):
errand boy; messenger boy (a boy who earns money by running errands)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("pageboy" is a kind of...):
coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))
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