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SHOP BOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shop boy mean?
• SHOP BOY (noun)
The noun SHOP BOY has 1 sense:
1. a young male shop assistant
Familiarity information: SHOP BOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young male shop assistant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("shop boy" is a kind of...):
boy; male child (a youthful male person)
clerk; salesclerk; shop assistant; shop clerk (a salesperson in a store)
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