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In the late 19th century, busboys were originally known as "omnibuses", a term which came from the Latin "omnibus," meaning "for all." "Omnibus" was a popular word in the 19th century with a variety of uses, having first been applied to the large public horse-drawn coaches which marked the first appearance of urban mass transit. The motorized descendants of these omnibuses are known today, of course, as "buses."
While busboys of the period may or may not have ridden to work on buses, they were known as "omnibus boys" or "omnibuses" themselves because their job was to do anything and everything that might be useful in the restaurant. "Omnibus" in this restaurant sense first appeared in 1888, and the first written example of the shortened form "bus-boy" has been traced to a 1913 issue of "The Industrial Worker" although the word was almost certainly in use long before then.
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What do a bus boy do?
a bus boy cleans up after people are done with their dinner, or just cleans up anything that need to be cleaned bus boys are meant to clean up the leftovers from customers such as cleaning the table, washing dishes etc.
Where does the expression Oh Boy come from?
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How many legs are in the bus?
A bus has no legs. A bus has wheels.
How do you catch a bus?
Get to the bus stop on time.
If 8 people get on a bus and 4 get off there are now 20 people on the bus how many people were on the bus at the start?
7
