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choreboy
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a handyman, especially around a lumber camp, ranch, etc.
See: boy cook
Quotations
1891
"I don't quite like the idea of his being a chore-boy. . . ."
1957
[He] accompanies him on fishing trips and . . . has gradually slipped into the role of camp-cook and chore-boy.
1967
For example, with the substantial adoption of the new machines . . . there will be sharp declines in requirements for pulpwood cutters, teamsters, roadmen and swampers, laborers, cooks, cookees, and choreboys. . . .