Examples of houseboy in a Sentence
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The pilot featured Charles Levin as Coco, a gay houseboy.
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Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Collins is playing Skip, the houseboy in the estate where the play takes place.
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Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Dec. 2022
The older man then offers Casey a thankless live-in position as houseboy and party plaything, basically stripping him of every last shred of dignity.
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David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 June 2022
Police arrested the only one left alive on the property — a 19-year-old houseboy.
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Los Angeles Times,
28 July 2019
Naomi Campbell was Scarlett O’Hara, Manolo Blahnik was a gardener or barefoot field hand, and John Galliano was a houseboy, photographed scrubbing the floor!
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André Leon Talley,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2019
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Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Collins is playing Skip, the houseboy in the estate where the play takes place.
—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Dec. 2022
The older man then offers Casey a thankless live-in position as houseboy and party plaything, basically stripping him of every last shred of dignity.
—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 June 2022
Police arrested the only one left alive on the property — a 19-year-old houseboy.
—
Los Angeles Times,
28 July 2019
Naomi Campbell was Scarlett O’Hara, Manolo Blahnik was a gardener or barefoot field hand, and John Galliano was a houseboy, photographed scrubbing the floor!
—
André Leon Talley,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2019
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“Houseboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/houseboy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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houseboy
noun
house·boy
-ˌbȯi 
: a boy or man hired as a general household servant
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