boot boy
noun [ C ] UK (also bootboy) uk/ˈbuːt ˌbɔɪ/ us/ˈbuːt ˌbɔɪ/
(CLEANING BOOTS)
擦鞋童(足球队里为老队员擦鞋的年轻队员)
a young professional football player who cleans the boots of the senior players on a team
The team needs a makeover, from chairman to boot boys.
- More examples
- "I was Peter Beardsley's boot boy when I first started my Newcastle career," he said.
- He cut his sporting teeth both as a Huddersfield Town bootboy and at Headingley's indoor nets.
- The butler supervised the footmen, boot boys, pages, and watchmen.