ERRAND
NOUNS
1878 — YEARN an errand → Sc.
1880 — YARRAN an errand → Sc. obs.
1891 — LEG WORK work characterized by running of errands, going from place to place in search of information, etc. → sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1567 — GALLOPIN — GALOPIN a turnspit; a scullion or under-cook; an errand-boy; a page → obs.
1730 — CADDIE — CADDY — CADEE — CADIE — CAWDY a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc.; esp. a golf-attendant → Sc.
1813 — FAG a drudge; an errand boy or clerk
1835 — CAD a messenger or errand boy → sl.
1893 — SCHLEPPER — SHLEPPER an errand boy → Brit. sl.
1900 — CHASER one who runs errands → sl.
1902 — LACKEY — LACQUEY a messenger; an errand-boy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — LOBBY-GOW an errand-boy, messenger, or hanger-on → US sl.
1929 — BIRD DOG one who seeks, scouts, or spies for another; esp. a carrier of tales; one who runs errands or performs similar tasks; one paid to direct potential customers to a business → US sl.
1940 — AIREDALE one who runs errands for bootleggers or drug sellers → US criminals’ sl.
1967 — GOFER — GOPHER someone who runs errands, esp. on a film set or in an office → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1983 — BUTT-GIRL a young woman who run errands, as for a fashion model → Amer. sl.
PHRASES
1999 — WET ARSE AND NO FISH said of a fruitless errand → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1905 — VAMP ABOUT to follow or hang about; to waste time on small errands → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — SHAG to chase, to fetch; to retrieve stray balls; to run an errand → Amer. dial.
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