What does shop boy mean?
Shop boy means A boy employed in a shop..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A boy employed in a shop..
One figure after another emerged from the room behind, and at each step Walter Maynard felt a cold shudder steal over him; and then he started and coloured, lest his agitation should have been observed; but the shopboy was too used to such scenes to heed them.
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Shop boy means A boy employed in a shop..
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One figure after another emerged from the room behind, and at each step Walter Maynard felt a cold shudder steal over him; and then he started and coloured, lest his agitation should have been observed; but the shopboy was too used to such scenes to heed them.
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