barrow boy
- noun
- /ˈbærəʊ bɔɪ/
- Archaic
:
vendedor ambulante
- I don't make, I like to give the impression that I'm an East End Barrow boy, but I've got to tell you, I'm super smart.
I don't make, I like to give the impression that I'm an East End Barrow boy, but I've got to tell you, I'm super smart.
- I don't make, I like to give the impression that I'm an East End Barrow boy, but I've got to tell you, I'm super smart.
- But that life floor was very much filled with working class sort of Barrow boy types.
Examples
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But that life floor was very much filled with working class sort of Barrow boy types.
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We're the Barrow boys.
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I don't make, I like to give the impression that I'm an East End Barrow boy, but I've got to tell you, I'm super smart.
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He looked down at the street, the drays clattering by, a coster shouting at a barrow boy who was stuck in his path.
Fiction book (1993) -
The barrow boy sold fresh fruits and vegetables from his cart at the bustling market.
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Every morning, the barrow boy pushed his cart through the village, calling out to attract customers.
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I watched the barrow boy carefully arrange his goods, hoping to catch the attention of passersby.
Synonyms
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A person who sells goods in the street or at markets
A man who sells fruit and vegetables from a small cart in the street
A man who sells fruit and vegetables from a small cart in the street
A woman who sells fruit and vegetables from a small cart in a street market
A woman who sells fruit and vegetables from a small cart in a street market
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'barrow' (a hand-pushed cart) + 'boy' (a young person), yielding 'a boy who works with or sells from a barrow.' This noun–noun occupational description follows common, cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE's meaning, although some cultural/occupational nuance (market vendor) may need contextual confirmation.
Etymology
Barrow boy comes from old market life: a barrow is a small hand cart and a boy was a young seller who pushed it through the streets, so the phrase means 'a young street seller who sells goods from a handcart'.