bellhop

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bellhop

/ˈbɛlˌhɒp/ UK
/ˈbɛlˌhɑp/ US

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Shortening of bellhopper.

noun bellhops

An employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands. Now, the bellhop's tears keep flowin' And the desk clerk's dressed in black. Well, they've been so long on Lonely Street Well, they'll never, they'll never look back.
Similar: callboy

verb bellhops · bellhopping · bellhopped

intransitive To work as a bellhop.

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@misc{bellhop_2026,
  title = {bellhop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bellhop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}