linkboy, linkman
(noun) (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
linkman (plural linkmen)
An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
Synonym: torchbearer
(rugby) A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
A man who acts as a link or connection.
(broadcasting) A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.
Source: Wiktionary
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
