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b'hoys

b'hoys is the plural of b'hoy.

Meaning of b'hoy

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.

Questions about b'hoys

What is b'hoys the plural of?
B'hoys is the plural of b'hoy.

Words near b'hoys in the dictionary

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

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