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Why does the word 'busboy' refers to a person who works in a restaurant?Why not refer to a person who works in a bus company?Why does the word 'busboy' refer to a person who works in a restaurant?
3 set 2015 22:49
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Because 'bus' is also a verb:
to remove dirty dishes from (a table at a restaurant)
To bus a table is to clean it up, basically.
3 settembre 2015
One possible reason is that the trolley that a bussie (busboy/KP) uses could be called a "bus" (ie. in the sense that it transports a lot of things).
I'm reminded that computing uses "bus" in the same sense (ie. transporting things).
3 settembre 2015
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Cinese (mandarino), Cinese (cantonese), Inglese, Tedesco, Coreano
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