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office boy collapse: a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office

bellboy collapse: someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels

corporal punishment collapse: the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

caddie collapse: an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player; act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player

lashing collapse: rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"; violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"

caller collapse: a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"; the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"; the person who convenes a meeting; "who is the caller of this meeting?"; someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"; a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"; the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands; an investor who buys a call option; fresh; "caller fish"; providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"

whipping collapse: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

cub collapse: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion; a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy); an awkward and inexperienced youth; give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"

goat collapse: any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

usher collapse: someone employed to conduct others; an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber; show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"

target collapse: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at; a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"; the location of the target that is to be hit; intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

incitement collapse: something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

yeoman collapse: in former times was free and cultivated his own land; officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

Waterloo collapse: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon; a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"; a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

gee collapse: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side; turn to the right side; "the horse geed"

page collapse: one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains; in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood; a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings; a boy who is employed to run errands; United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922); English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962); call out somebody's name over a P.A. system; work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"

squire collapse: an English country landowner; young nobleman attendant on a knight; a man who attends or escorts a woman; attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

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