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birthday boy

birthday boy noun: a man or boy who is celebrating their birthday.

Noun

birthday boy (plural birthday boys)

  1. A man or boy who is celebrating their birthday.
    • The party was to be from two to five o'clock, and Sunny Boy, in his best white flannel suit, and carrying Oliver's present under his arm, started about quarter of two for the birthday boy’s house.1922, Ramy Allison White, Sunny Boy and His Playmates, The Echo Library, published 2006, page 49
    • The birthday boy was a 65-year-old man who was half-asleep.2005, Stephen Kogon, Max Mooth—Cyber Sleuth and the Case of the Zombie Virus, page 90

Forms of birthday boy

pluralbirthday boys

Questions about birthday boy

What does birthday boy mean?
Birthday boy means a man or boy who is celebrating their birthday.
What part of speech is birthday boy?
Birthday boy is a noun.
What is the plural of birthday boy?
The plural of birthday boy is birthday boys.

Words near birthday boy in the dictionary

  1. birthday attack
  2. birthday attacks
  3. birthday blues
  4. birthday book
  5. birthday books
  6. birthday boy
  7. birthday boys
  8. birthday buddy
  9. birthday bump
  10. birthday bumps
  11. birthday cake

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