Synonyms:
bellboy, bellman, bellhop
Meaning: someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
Usage examples
The Bellman looked scared, And was almost too frightened to speak:
"His form is ungainly--his intellect small--" (So the Bellman would often remark) "But his courage is perfect!
When at length he sat up and was able to speak, His sad story he offered to tell; And the Bellman cried "Silence!
The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies-- Such a carriage, such ease and such grace! Such solemnity, too!
"We have had that before!" The Bellman indignantly said. And the Baker replied "Let me say it once more. It is this, it is this that I dread!
It strongly advised that the Butcher should be Conveyed in a separate ship: But the Bellman declared that would never agree With the plans he had made for the trip:
The Bellman perceived that their spirits were low, And repeated in musical tone Some jokes he had kept for a season of woe-- But the crew would do nothing but groan.
The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow. "If only you'd spoken before! It's excessively awkward to mention it now, With the Snark, so to speak, at the door!
"A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named) Remarked, when I bade him farewell--" "Oh, skip your dear uncle!" the Bellman exclaimed, As he angrily tingled his bell.
He came as a Baker: but owned, when too late-- And it drove the poor Bellman half-mad-- He could only bake Bridecake--for which, I may state, No materials were to be had.