barrow boy

短语

n. <英>手推车货郎

发音

AU

词形变化

barrow boys 复数

别名

barrow-boy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A boy or man who sells goods, especially fruits or vegetables, from a barrow; a costermonger.

    英国 过时
  2. 2.

    A financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.

    英国 贬义 俚语 引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

barrow man

上位词 2

man costermonger

词源

From barrow + boy. First use appears c. 1939. See cite below. The slang usage dates from the 1980s.

来源：wiktionary