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dolly-boys

dolly-boys is the plural of dolly-boy.

Meaning of dolly-boy

Noun

dolly-boy (plural dolly-boys)

  1. A toyboy; a gigolo.
    • He meant, because of Wagner, though he can't have been unaware of the discreetly homosexual style of the whole place, the waiters in tails with long white aprons, the rich older men treating their bored and flirtatious young dolly-boys.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 118
  2. (historical) The person (e.g. an apprentice) tasked with holding a rivet dolly in an Australian World War 2 aircraft factory.

Questions about dolly-boys

What is dolly-boys the plural of?
Dolly-boys is the plural of dolly-boy.

Words near dolly-boys in the dictionary

  1. dolly zoom
  2. dolly zooms
  3. dolly-bird
  4. dolly-birds
  5. dolly-boy
  6. dolly-boys
  7. dolly-mop
  8. dollybird
  9. dollybirds
  10. dollying
  11. dollyman

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