barrow boy
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Meaning · English
A financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Nhân viên ngành tài chính từ gia đình lao động
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Register: derogatory, slang
Examples
The "barrow boy" commodities trader may well have no aspirations to old-style middle class tastes.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “barrow boy” mean?
A financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.
Is “barrow boy” formal or informal?
barrow boy is generally derogatory, slang.