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Topic: FOOD

Date: 1900-2000
Origin: omnibus 'helper in a restaurant' (19-20 centuries) (from Latin; OMNIBUS1) + boy

busboy

 noun
     
bus‧boy [countable]
American EnglishDLDF a young man whose job is to take away dirty dishes from the tables in a restaurant
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