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b'hoy

b'hoy noun: a rough-and-tumble working-class young man in Lower Manhattan between the late 1840s and the American Civil War period.

Noun

b'hoy (plural b'hoys)

  1. (historical, slang) A rough-and-tumble working-class young man in Lower Manhattan between the late 1840s and the American Civil War period.
  2. (Baltimore) A political operative.

Forms of b'hoy

pluralb'hoys

Origin of b'hoy

Supposed to evoke an Irish pronunciation of boy.

Questions about b'hoy

What does b'hoy mean?
B'hoy means a rough-and-tumble working-class young man in Lower Manhattan between the late 1840s and the American Civil War period.
What part of speech is b'hoy?
B'hoy is a noun.
What is the plural of b'hoy?
The plural of b'hoy is b'hoys.

Words near b'hoy in the dictionary

  1. b'f
  2. b'fed
  3. b'fing
  4. b'fs
  5. B'ham
  6. b'hoy
  7. b'hoys
  8. b'lieve
  9. b'lieved
  10. b'long
  11. b'loon

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