Crossword clues for linkboy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linkboy \Link"boy`\ (l[i^][ng]k"boi`), Linkman \Link"man\ (l[i^][ng]k"m[a^]n), n. [See 1st Link.] A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
Wiktionary
n. male servant or other attendant (regardless of age), employed to bear a torch or other light abroad at night
WordNet
n. (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets [syn: linkman]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "linkboy".
An eques in an ornamented chair was carried by, linkboys running ahead and behind.
It was a part of the city Nicholas seldom frequented, so he hired a linkboy to lead him.
They laughed and wept and the girl Mellicent ran to hug him in front of everybody and the linkboy who had stabled Greyling last night brought him out all curried and would take no money for the work.
He summoned a tiny linkboy with a candelabra who led them toward the side stairs as Margaret went on.
The linkboy lit two candles and stepped out into the hall, Lewrie following to complete the sham as Margaret began to attend to her makeup and dress.
London trembled and toiled, carriages clattered down the streets, linkboys shouted, people scurried by, heads tucked against the swirl of dust and grit that lingered in the air.
The guards closed the courtyard gate after the linkboys were paid and sent off.
Lady Bellingham, were filled with the clatter of carriages and horses, the shouts of coarse vendors in words that she barely understood, and the bustle of linkboys clearing the way for their masters and mistresses.
Despite a full moon bathing the cobbles in an eerie light, linkboys lounged about under the portico, to light tapers for a small fee and accompany those who chose to walk home.
Out in the city, merchants were putting away their wares and linkboys were lighting the thousands of crystal lanterns that made the Lordcity seem a sea of stars at night.
Pride kept him walking, however, and before long his guide had led him from the wide streets of the Hill to the Middle City, where houses and shops stood side by side and the linkboys gathered on street corners, ready to carry bundles for housewives out shopping or light their husbands home for dinner.
Folly and strode off into the night, ignoring the chair-men and linkboys clamoring for his custom.
Carriages with lanterns rattled along, and most of the people who thronged the walkway were accompanied by linkboys or carried lights themselves.
Half a dozen nobles, heavily cloaked so their Senatorial and equite togas would not be visible, spilled outside, together with linkboys and attendants.
The bearers trotted off down the street, linkboys before and behind, torches flickering.