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farmboy

farmboy noun: a boy or young man who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer.

Noun

farmboy (plural farmboys)

  1. A boy or young man who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer.
  2. (informal) A man who grew up on a farm and prides himself on a farm-based identity.
    • He likes to say that he's still just a farmboy at heart.
    • Even if I wear shit-kicker boots, faded Levi's and a flannel shirt, something about me betrays too many years around universities. In the same clothes, you exuded farmboy simplicity and innocence.1988 April 16, Rex Wockner, “We Only Went Out Five Times”, in Gay Community News, page 5

Forms of farmboy

pluralfarmboys

Origin of farmboy

From farm + boy.

Questions about farmboy

What does farmboy mean?
Farmboy means a boy or young man who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer.
What part of speech is farmboy?
Farmboy is a noun.
What is the plural of farmboy?
The plural of farmboy is farmboys.

Words near farmboy in the dictionary

  1. farmaceuticals
  2. Farman
  3. Farmand
  4. Farmans
  5. Farmborough Heights
  6. farmboy
  7. farmboys
  8. farmcore
  9. farme
  10. farmed
  11. farmed out

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