barrow boy

See also: barrow-boy

English

Compound of barrow +‎ boy. Attested since the 1930s in the sense of costermonger; the slang usage dates from the 1980s.

barrow boy (plural barrow boys)

(Britain) A boy or man who sells goods – especially fruit or vegetables – from a barrow; a costermonger.
- 1948, Is rhubarb a fruit?, The Listener, page 650:
  ...at a London magistrate's court a young coster — a barrow boy — was summoned before me for selling rhubarb without a licence.
(Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, a financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.
- 1992, Leslie Budd and Sam Whimster, Global Finance and Urban Living, page 326:
  The "barrow boy" commodities trader may well have no aspirations to old-style middle class tastes.

单词	barrow boy
释义	barrow boy See also: barrow-boy English Alternative forms barrow-boy Etymology Compound of barrow +‎ boy. Attested since the 1930s in the sense of costermonger; the slang usage dates from the 1980s. Noun barrow boy (plural barrow boys) (Britain) A boy or man who sells goods – especially fruit or vegetables – from a barrow; a costermonger. 1948, Is rhubarb a fruit?, The Listener, page 650: ...at a London magistrate's court a young coster — a barrow boy — was summoned before me for selling rhubarb without a licence. (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, a financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background. 1992, Leslie Budd and Sam Whimster, Global Finance and Urban Living, page 326: The "barrow boy" commodities trader may well have no aspirations to old-style middle class tastes.
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