Footpage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young man who is employed to run errands; errand boy.

    "A' this beheard a little footpage, Fast hid ahind a tree; An' he's awa' to seek his laird, Sae fast as he can hie."

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"A' this beheard a little footpage, Fast hid ahind a tree; An' he's awa' to seek his laird, Sae fast as he can hie."

Etymology

From foot + page.

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errand boy

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