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garden boy

garden boy noun: a male gardener (of any age).

Noun

garden boy (plural garden boys)

  1. (South Africa, dated) A male gardener (of any age).
    • So there are more garden boys. The two old faithfuls, John and Soufel, and one or two extra boys as they can be spared from the farm work: boys who come, receive instruction, and just when they begin to know a little, go away again.1933, R. E. Boddam-Whetham, A garden in the veld, page 126

Forms of garden boy

pluralgarden boys

Questions about garden boy

What does garden boy mean?
Garden boy means a male gardener (of any age).
What part of speech is garden boy?
Garden boy is a noun.
What is the plural of garden boy?
The plural of garden boy is garden boys.

Words near garden boy in the dictionary

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  10. garden center
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