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boorjoys

boorjoys is the plural of boorjoy.

Meaning of boorjoy

Noun

boorjoy (plural boorjoys)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) A bourgeois person; someone who is middle-class and conventional.
    • A lot of the Ellam Street boys read Ruskin and catch ideas about beauty which cause a lot of trouble till the girls get hold of them and marry them and turn them into respectable Boorjoys.1944, Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth

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Questions about boorjoys

What is boorjoys the plural of?
Boorjoys is the plural of boorjoy.

Words near boorjoys in the dictionary

  1. boorish
  2. boorishly
  3. boorishness
  4. boorishnesses
  5. boorjoy
  6. boorjoys
  7. boorka
  8. boorkas
  9. Boorloo
  10. Boorman
  11. Boormans

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