barrow boy noun2 •(UK, old-fashioned) A boy or man who sells goods, especially fruits or vegetables, from a barrow; a costermonger.I pointed out to him that it was impossible for him to do that ... barrow boys to take him back to Manchester. — 1939 •(slang, offensive) A financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.The "barrow boy" commodities trader may well have no aspirations to old-style middle class tastes. — 1992 formsbarrow boys · barrow-boys