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boy-hoy
Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
in the Maritimes, a low-class tough or ruffian, usually found in gangs.
Quotations
1872
The lower population of the towns--"the boy-hoys" is the local term, answering to the "lambs" in certain manufacturing districts in England, are without exception the most arrant and cowardly scoundrels in existence.