I had to look up the term link-boy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-boy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-boy >The term derives from "link", a term for

I had to look up the term link-boy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-boy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-boy >The term derives from "link", a term for the cotton tow that formed the wick of the torch. Links are mentioned in William Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1, as Falstaff teases Bardolph about the shining redness of his face: "Thou hast saved me a thousand marks in links and torches, walking with thee in the night betwixt tavern and tavern." (Act III, scene 3)