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Examples
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I peel my way out from under the umbrella, and give my little tea-boy friend a wide-eyed smile.
Archive 2009-09-01 Kate Fleurange 2009
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I could see the urchin tea-boy running, scrubby, just as you describe him.
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They let me play the cymbals in the School of Music orchestra, when I was their tea-boy (or concert manager – as they called me-to keep me interested).
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I peel my way out from under the umbrella, and give my little tea-boy friend a wide-eyed smile.
*Ndiam DON!!! 2009
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Even an uplifted bat brothel protest murder investigation could use a tea-boy.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Jim Baen's Universe 06 - Eric Flint Blue Tyson 2007
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He makes do on the 2,200 Rials $630 a month he's paid as a tea-boy or messenger for the Department of Education.
Saudi Arabia: Day Traders And Mall Rats David A. Andelman 2006
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In the 1950s, he ran a successful public relations business that had clients such as Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and "that bald bugger" Yul Brynner; his tea-boy was the future gossip columnist Nigel Dempster.
Farming out little bits of intelligence for little bits of money. jessypie 2005
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Not normally a DS's job, playing waiter, but Rebus could just see Holmes waylaying the real tea-boy.
Strip Jack Rankin, Ian, 1960- 1992
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When the tea-boy brings the tea, come and get yours from the tray.
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Instead, he glaze-eyedly observes the things happening around him, such as the wasp and the tea-boy entering the room at the same time.
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