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Meaning of "shopboy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SHOPBOY

ˈʃɒpˌbɔɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOPBOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shopboy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOPBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shopboy in the English dictionary

The definition of shopboy in the dictionary is a boy employed to work in a shop.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHOPBOY

attaboy · B-boy · batboy · beachboy · billyboy · blackboy · carboy · cowboy · deadboy · fanboy · highboy · homeboy · houseboy · ladyboy · newsboy · paperboy · playboy · schoolboy · tallboy · tomboy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOPBOY

shop around · shop assistant · shop floor · shop front · shop steward · shop window · shopaholic · shopaholism · shopboard · shopbot · shopbreaker · shopbreaking · shopfitter · shopful · shopgirl · shophar · shophroth · shopkeeper · shopkeeping · shoplift

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOPBOY

altar boy · baby boy · birthday boy · black boy · boy · bus boy · cabin boy · drummer boy · errand boy · fair-haired boy · golden boy · messenger boy · old boy · pretty boy · rent boy · shepherd boy · teddy boy · the boy · whipping boy · white-haired boy

Synonyms and antonyms of shopboy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shopboy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SHOPBOY

Find out the translation of shopboy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shopboy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shopboy» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

shopboy
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

shopboy
570 millions of speakers
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English

shopboy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

shopboy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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shopboy
280 millions of speakers
ru

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shopboy
278 millions of speakers
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shopboy
270 millions of speakers
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shopboy
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

shopboy
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Shopboy
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

shopboy
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

店員
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

shopboy
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Shopboy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shopboy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

shopboy
75 millions of speakers
mr

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दुकानदार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

shopboy
70 millions of speakers
it

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shopboy
65 millions of speakers
pl

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shopboy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

shopboy
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

shopboy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shopboy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shopboy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

shopboy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shopboy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shopboy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOPBOY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shopboy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOPBOY»

Discover the use of shopboy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shopboy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kabuki Plays on Stage: Restoration and Reform, 1872-1905
SHOPBOY: Anybody home? Gift delivery! 269 SANKICHI (Opening the door): Gift delivery? This? (He takes the keg. ) Speak of the devil! Who sent this? SHOPBOY : A pretty lady. S A N K I C H I : A pretty lady? Hang on a minute, willya?
James R. Brandon, Samuel L. Leiter, 2003
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Masterpieces of Kabuki: Eighteen Plays on Stage
Along the hanamichi enters the SHOPBOY carning a large, handled hrg of sahe. He is ahout ten years old and dressed in a short, hlach worh himono over tight lrggings, covered hy a full red apeon, with a tea towel tuched in his ohi at the rear .
James R. Brandon, Samuel L. Leiter, 2004
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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From ...
Awano, after he'd left the shopboy and, with a feeling of being pursued, had come to the trolley line, hailed a passing cab and went straight to Banda's house. He had a strangely lonely feeling. The other day, seeing the crestfallen look of that ...
J. Thomas Rimer, Van C. Gessel, 2013
4
Best Little Witch-House in Arkham: Weird Tales Out of Space ...
“These are darling . I could wear them during my act . And look at this belt .” She removed a long strip of shiny pinkness from a chain . “What do you think it's made of?” An obese, perfumed shopboy appeared so quickly at her side that she ...
Mark McLaughlin, 2013
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An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750-1850
(to the SHOPBOY) Look after our sandals, boy. SHOPBOY: Of course, sir. ( BENTEN and NANGO enter the shop, remove their sandals, and kneel.) YOKURO: How fine the weather is today, miss. (to the SHOPBOY) Bring the customers some ...
Jones, Sumie, Watanabe, Kenji, 2013
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The Talleyrand Maxim
CHAPTER. III. THE. SHOPBOY. When Pratt arrived at Eldrick & Pascoe's office at his usual hour ofninenextmorning,he found thesenior partner already there. Andwithhimwas a young man whom the clerk at once set down as Mr. Bartle ...
Joseph Smith Fletcher, 1930
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New Monthly Magazine
We must here apologize for Mr. Quiddy 's calling his shopboy — a shopboy. This was no singular vulgarism on the part of our hero, for in those days it was a common practice to designate such a functionary by neither more nor less than that ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, 1841
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The New Monthly Magazine
We must here apologize for Mr. Quiddy's calling his shopboy — a shopboy. This was no singular vulgarism on the part of our hero, for in those days it was a common practice to designate such a functionary by neither more nor less than that ...
‎1841
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Phineas Quiddy; or, sheer industry
... and was the less agreeable to him forasmuch as it occasioned a positive and visible disburse'ment. “I have not got such a thing in the house,” said Quiddy ; “ but—come, I'll send my shopboy out on purpose to buy one for you—eh, Mr.
John POOLE (Dramatist.), 1859
10
Fraser's Magazine
... sobbin; and Miss Betsy began yowling like a cat in a gitter ; and pore missis cried, too — tears is so remarkable in- feckshus. " Perhaps, mamma," wimpered out she, " Fredric is a shopboy, and don't like me to know that he is not a gentleman.
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1838

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOPBOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shopboy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Huur je eigen shopboy in Utrecht
Zit jouw vriend chagrijnig voor zich uit te staren terwijl jij winkelt? Je kunt hem nu thuislaten en in het Utrechtse winkelcentrum Hoog-Catherijne een Shopboy ... «Glamour, May 15»
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Winkelen? Voor 2 euro gaat deze ShopBoy met je mee!
Wil je dit Pinksterweekend even de stad in, maar krijg je manlief niet mee? Dan hebben wij dé perfecte oplossing: een ShopBoy! Deze man draagt voor twee ... «Telegraaf.nl, May 15»
REFERENCE
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