Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
messenger boy
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A messenger boy had joined them, was trying to help.
▪ After questioning the messenger boy for some three hours, Berret and Harris released him.
▪ Being a messenger boy just isn't where it's at.
▪ Lord Tebbit calls him Mr Kohl's messenger boy to Copenhagen.
▪ What was so bloody active about being an overblown messenger boy?
WordNet
messenger boy
n. a boy who earns money by running errands [syn: errand boy]
Usage examples of "messenger boy".
As the messenger boy left, Jiro peered at his adviser overthe rim of his teacup, then took a sip.
Not having another minute to lose, I decided that I would take the last job on earth, that of messenger boy.
I delivered your letter, in the guise of a messenger boy, of course.
Murchison signed for and received a note from the messenger boy all of Donnelly’.