Translations for „messenger boy“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈmes·sen·ger boy N

messenger boy

Botenjunge m

messenger boy

Laufbursche m A, CH o pej

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English

Though again, it was a small post as a messenger boy.

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He began earning his living at the age of thirteen, being a messenger boy, printer's devil, assistant in an electrical store and a lift boy.

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Jimmy is given a choice to either go to reform school or work as a messenger boy for the post office as punishment.

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He would be in the loop on a fight of this magnitude even if he weren't playing messenger boy.

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In a typical bar and grocery store you had maybe three shop assistants, a store man, a bookkeeper, a van man and a messenger boy.

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We were the first batch of postal cadets, we replaced the famous messenger boys as telegrams were almost defunct.

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In less than a month he went from messenger boy to payroll clerk.

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He was employed as a messenger boy for a law firm.

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An ambassador is a messenger boy, and you're not going to want to follow or deliver anybody's messages.

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He began as a messenger boy for the telegraph department.

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