boot boy
noun[C]
UK(alsobootboy)uk/ˈbuːt ˌbɔɪ/us/ˈbuːt ˌbɔɪ/boot boynoun[C](CLEANING BOOTS)
ayoungprofessionalfootballplayerwhocleansthebootsof theseniorplayerson ateam:
擦鞋童（足球队里为老队员擦鞋的年轻队员）Theteamneedsamakeover, fromchairmantobootboys.
(especiallyin the past) a man whocleansother people'sbootsandshoes, forexamplein ahotelor alargeprivatehouse:
Thebootboy'sjobsoundsexactlylike what it is; hisjobin thegreathousewas tocleanall theboots.
- "I was Peter Beardsley'sbootboywhen I firststartedmy Newcastlecareer," he said.
- Hecuthissportingteethboth as a Huddersfield Town bootboy and at Headingley'sindoornets.
- Thebutlersupervisedthefootmen,bootboys,pages, andwatchmen.
Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- football pools
- formation
- foul throw
- four five one
- four four two
- four three two one
- professional foul
- promedios
- rabona
- reducer
- relegation zone
- reserve team
- sweeper
- treble
- woodwork
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
People who serve other people
boot boynoun[C](VIOLENT MAN)
ayoungman, usually one of agroup, whoenjoysbehavingviolentlytowards otherpeople:
It isclearthat some of the Britishbootboyshad gone to Copenhagenlookingforconflict, not towatchamatch.
There wastensionat thegigbetween theskinheadbootboys and theearneststudenttypes.
- Institutionalracismdrawsadirectlinkbetween theracistbootboysand thecomplacentpen-pushers.
- The Prime Minister ought tolistento hiscritics, notdeploybootboystosilencethem.
- Thefilmsteersdangerouslyclosetoglorifyingthebootboysandtheirpoisonousculture.
Gangsters, thugs & criminal organizations
- bully boy
- firm
- gangster
- godfather
- goon
- henchman
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- intergang
- mob
- mobster
- moll
- organized crime
- thug
- tong
- triad
- underworld
- vice ring
- Yardie