bug boy
n.— «“Wow, I’m just a bug boy,” Morales said, using racetrack parlance to explain that he’s a rookie, or apprentice. “Bug boys aren’t supposed to win races like this.”» —“Finish worthy of the silver screen” by Gary West in Bossier City, La. Star-Telegram (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) Oct. 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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