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Busboy meaning

An assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.

Synonyms of Busboy

waiter's assistant dining-room attendant restaurant attendant

Related words

Other words often associated with Busboy or its synonyms:

employee

Using Busboy

  • The main meaning on this page is: An assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.
  • Useful related words include: waiter's assistant, dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant.
  • In the example corpus, busboy often appears in combinations such as: as busboy, busboy who, busboy to.

Context around Busboy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

staff 1× american 1×

Sentence patterns with Busboy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a busboy in a 1× as a busboy is already 1× as a busboy to get 1× cooking staff busboy and dishwasher 1× mexican american busboy who had 1× play a busboy who replenishes 1× workers from busboy to server 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but martin who 1× he followed the 1× i was working 1× james corden from 1× piro works undercover 1× the historian also 1×

Common sentence endings:

a management position 1× dollars per month 1× he s overhearing 1× of all cameras 1× prepares for adulthood 1× shaken his hand 1×

Words around Busboy

Just before it in the word index:

busbee 5 busbars 3 busbar 4 busayo 5 busari 13 busano 2

Just after it in the word index:

busboys 2 busby 68 busbys 5 buscaino 4 buscema 9 buscemi 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Busboy

  • In this selection, "busboy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, staff and american stand out and add context to how "busboy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a busboy in a and as a busboy is already. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "busboy" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with busboy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Piro works undercover as a busboy to get rid of all cameras. (12 words)

I was working as a busboy in a hotel and my salary was about 280 dollars per month. (18 words)

Also within the restaurant itself tips are supposed to be distributed equitably to the cooking staff, busboy and dishwasher but often they are not. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

The historian also said it was no coincidence that when Kennedy lay dying on the floor of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel after he was shot, a rosary was placed on him by the Mexican-American busboy who had just shaken his hand. (43 words)

But Martin, who sports a 3.9 grade point average and also works part-time as a busboy, is already thinking like an adult as he prepares for adulthood. (29 words)

James Corden from The Late Late Show with James Corden will play a busboy who replenishes the breadsticks and gawks over what he’s overhearing. (25 words)

Example sentences (7)

I was working as a busboy in a hotel and my salary was about 280 dollars per month.

James Corden from The Late Late Show with James Corden will play a busboy who replenishes the breadsticks and gawks over what he’s overhearing.

But Martin, who sports a 3.9 grade point average and also works part-time as a busboy, is already thinking like an adult as he prepares for adulthood.

He followed the trajectory that is common in the business for the relentless, ambitious workers, from busboy to server to bartender to a management position.

Also within the restaurant itself tips are supposed to be distributed equitably to the cooking staff, busboy and dishwasher but often they are not.

The historian also said it was no coincidence that when Kennedy lay dying on the floor of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel after he was shot, a rosary was placed on him by the Mexican-American busboy who had just shaken his hand.

Piro works undercover as a busboy to get rid of all cameras.

Common combinations with busboy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "busboy" in a sentence?
An example: "I was working as a busboy in a hotel and my salary was about 280 dollars per month." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "busboy" from authentic English texts.
What does "busboy" mean?
Busboy means: An assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.
What are synonyms of "busboy"?
Common synonyms of "busboy" include: waiter's assistant, dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant.
How many example sentences with "busboy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "busboy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.