delivery boy

noun

: a person employed by a retail store to deliver small orders to customers on call

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The story centers on Eddie Edison, a pizza delivery boy by day, sidekick by night. Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025 The series follows Philip J. Fry (Billy West), a New York City pizza delivery boy, who accidentally freezes himself in 1999 and gets defrosted in the year 3000. Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 July 2025 Buffett would work as a newspaper delivery boy for The Washington Post. Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025 The series revolves around Meni Azulai, who works as a delivery boy who unwillingly becomes an infiltrator within the Israeli right-wing movement. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for delivery boy

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of delivery boy was in 1918

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“Delivery boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delivery%20boy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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