A small child formerly employed by a chimney sweep to ascend and clean flues.

Alternative form of softboy / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see soft, boy.

Alternative form of postboy

(informal) A familiar term of address for a boy; sonny, laddie.

(historical) A member of a Trinidadian subculture of men who wore zoot suits and pursued a glamorous lifestyle.

(Africa) A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener.

(UK) A boy raised in a Barnardo's home (a charitable institution set up to care for orphaned, destitute or vulnerable children).

A man who assists a disc jockey by transporting and setting up the speakers, the collection of records, etc.

(formerly) A young male employed to notify people about incoming telegraphic messages.

(US, slang) A man who works for a government agency, such as the CIA or FBI.