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link-attached station |
link-attached terminal |
linkage |
linkage editor |
linkage group |
linkboy
| linked
| linked genes
| linking verb
| linkman
| links
linkboy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun linkboy has 1 sense
- linkboy(n = noun.person) linkman - (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets; Array is a kind of attendant, attender, tender
CIDE DICTIONARY
linkboy, n. [See 1st Link.].
A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers. [1913 Webster]
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linkboy
Director
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