LINKBOY

linkboy, linkman

(noun) (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Link"boy`, Link"man, n. Etym: [See 1st Link.]

Definition: A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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