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boy friend

boy friend noun: dated spelling of boyfriend.

Noun

boy friend (plural boy friends)

  1. Dated spelling of boyfriend.
    • What are diplomatic boy friends for unless to borrow champagne off?1929, Nancy Hoyt, Promise Not to Tell, New York, N.Y.: Horace Liveright, →OCLC, page 41
    • "Lane Coutell. He's only been Franny's boy friend for a whole year. ..."
    • "The expression is Franny's 'young man,'" he said, "not her 'boy friend.' Why are you so out of date, Bessie? […]"1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 96

boy friend meaning in Kannada

boy friend in Kannada

ಗೆಳೆಯ, ಗೆಣೆಯ

Forms of boy friend

pluralboy friends

Questions about boy friend

What does boy friend mean?
Boy friend means dated spelling of boyfriend.
What is boy friend in Kannada?
Boy friend in Kannada is ಗೆಳೆಯ, ಗೆಣೆಯ. See Boy friend meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is boy friend?
Boy friend is a noun.
What is the plural of boy friend?
The plural of boy friend is boy friends.

Words near boy friend in the dictionary

  1. boy crazier
  2. boy craziest
  3. boy crazy
  4. boy cunt
  5. boy cunts
  6. boy friend
  7. boy friends
  8. boy group
  9. boy hole
  10. boy holes
  11. boy howdy

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