barrow boy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A boy or man who sells goods, especially fruits or vegetables, from a barrow; a costermonger. UK,dated
    — I pointed out to him that it was impossible for him to do that ... barrow boys to take him back to Manchester.
  2. A financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background. UK,broadly,derogatory,slang
    — The "barrow boy" commodities trader may well have no aspirations to old-style middle class tastes.

词形变化

barrow boys plural barrow-boy alternative

词源

From barrow + boy. First use appears c. 1939. See cite below. The slang usage dates from the 1980s.
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