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Boy

noun

A youthful male person. Synonym: male child. "She made the boy brush his teeth every night" , "Most soldiers are only boys in uniform"

A friendly informal reference to a grown man.

A male human offspring. Synonym: son. "His boy is taller than he is"

(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man.

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"Boy" Quotes from Famous Books

... prepared to obey him. Purchase the anchor I could not; I therefore slipped the cable, lashing a broken sweep to the end of it, as a buoy-rope, and once more the lighter was at the mercy of the stream, guided by a boy of eleven years old. In about two hours I was within a hundred yards of the wharf, and well in-shore, I hailed for assistance, and two men, who were on board of the lighters moored at the wharf, pushed off ...

— Jacob Faithful • Captain Frederick Marryat

... midwives, and have every boy that is born of a Hebrew woman destroyed. I have spoken; now I act." Pharaoh rose from his chair, and departed more quickly than he had come. Amram sought to find his way back, but could only discover one piece of papyrus. Then he remained ...

— Historical Miniatures • August Strindberg

... talk to the flapper about Tommy Hollins, whom he airily designated as "that Hollins boy". It seemed to be especially needed, because the Hollins boy arrived after breakfast every day and left only in the late afternoon. But the flapper declined nevertheless to consider him ...

— Bunker Bean • Harry Leon Wilson

... Mr. Micawber. 2. The great event occurred soon after. 3. The boy stood there with dizzy brain. 4. The Spaniard's shot went whing! whing! 5. Catiline shall no longer plot her ruin. 6. A sincere word was never utterly lost. 7. It stands written so. 8. Venus was yet the morning star. 9. You must speak thus. 10. Lady Impudence goes up to the maid. 11. Thy proud ...

— Higher Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg

... better. Miss Mitty Bland would still have it if she went in rags and did her own cooking, and it's this, not any material possessions, that makes her so terribly important. Look here, now, you take my advice and go home and tell Sally to stop spending money. How's that boy of yours? Is he wanting to become a bank ...

— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow

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