Dolly-boy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A toyboy; a gigolo.

    "He meant, because of Wagner, though he can't have been unaware of the discreetly homosexual style of the whole place, the waiters in tails with long white aprons, the rich older men treating their bored and flirtatious young dolly-boys."

  2. 2
    The person (e.g. an apprentice) tasked with holding a rivet dolly in an Australian World War 2 aircraft factory. historical

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boy toy

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"He meant, because of Wagner, though he can't have been unaware of the discreetly homosexual style of the whole place, the waiters in tails with long white aprons, the rich older men treating their bored and flirtatious young dolly-boys."

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