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business boy

business boy noun: a male prostitute.

Noun

business boy (plural business boys)

  1. (slang) A male prostitute.
    • And another cop once gently shook his head when someone started making up to me — it was a 'business boy' or chinpira, a teenage hoodlum prostitute, and so highly dangerous.1993, James Kirkup, Me All Over: Memoirs of a Misfit, page 47
    • The existence of organised brothels has not eliminated the street and bar prostitution trade in Amsterdam. […] went to an empty table in a far corner where, over some more drink, he explained that this was a bar for 'business boys'.2012, Donald James West, Male Prostitution, page 305

Forms of business boy

pluralbusiness boys

Questions about business boy

What does business boy mean?
Business boy means a male prostitute.
What part of speech is business boy?
Business boy is a noun.
What is the plural of business boy?
The plural of business boy is business boys.

Words near business boy in the dictionary

  1. business angels
  2. business architect
  3. business architects
  4. business as usual
  5. business before pleasure
  6. business boy
  7. business boys
  8. business card
  9. business cards
  10. business case
  11. business cases

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