Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telegraph boy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: tele-graph boy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young male employed to notify people about incoming telegraphic messages.

Example Sentences

"It was a telegraph-boy with a wire which had been forwarded from my lodgings at Streatham."

Inflected Forms

telegraph boys (plural)

Questions

What does telegraph boy mean?: A young male employed to notify people about incoming telegraphic messages.

How to pronounce telegraph boy

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