"teaboy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: teaboys [plural]
Etymology: tea + boy Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tea|boy}} tea + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} teaboy (plural teaboys)
  1. A young man employed to prepare tea (the drink).

Inflected forms

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