Old boy

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alumnus, especially of a public school. British
  2. 2
    a vivacious elderly man wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a former male pupil of a school wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    a familiar term of address for a man wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 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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