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单词 Telegraph boy
释义

Telegraph boy

原声例句
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In vain I looked to right and left, for neither my brother nor his strange guardian was in sight; two elderly men were coming down arm-in-arm, and a telegraph boy was walking lustily along whistling.

我徒劳地左右张望,因为既没有看到我的兄弟,也没有看到他奇怪的监护人。两个老人手挽着手下来,一个报务员吹着口哨,精力充沛地走着。

英语百科

Telegram messenger

(重定向自Telegraph boy)
GPO Telegram messenger motorbike
Game of the District Messenger Boy
A typical bike messenger, Birmingham, Alabama, 1914

In the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and other countries around the world, a telegram messenger, more often known as a telegram delivery boy, telegraph boy or telegram boy was a young male employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle. In the United Kingdom and Ireland telegram boys were employed by the Post Office. In the United States, they worked for Western Union or other telegraph companies.

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