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Old boy
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 An alumnus, especially of a public school. British
- 2 a vivacious elderly man wordnet
- 3 A former member of a group.
"Swansea named an unchanged side from their win over West Brom, and the visitors made an encouraging start, with Blues old boy Scott Sinclair prominent - Branislav Ivanovic had to make an important block to halt the winger's run."
- 4 a former male pupil of a school wordnet
- 5 A man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a good old boy.
"The fact that they have waited to leave messages and have left hand-written evidence indicates to me that they don't believe they are going to be apprehended, that they have friends in 'higher places.' This is a small town. Everybody knows everybody. That 'ol boy' chuminess ^([sic])."
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- 6 a familiar term of address for a man wordnet
- 7 An elderly man. UK, informal
"I got talking to an old boy in the pub, and he told me what the village used to be like in the old days."
- 8 A familiar term of address for a man of any age. UK, dated
"Listen, old boy, I've got some news."
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