Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cash boy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: cash boy
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.

American usage; Dated; Informal

Usage

American usage
Dated
Informal

Inflected Forms

cash boys (plural)

Questions

What does cash boy mean?: In large retail stores, a male messenger who carried the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returned with the change.

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