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garden boys

garden boys is the plural of garden boy.

Meaning of garden boy

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

Questions about garden boys

What is garden boys the plural of?
Garden boys is the plural of garden boy.

Words near garden boys in the dictionary

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  2. garden apartment
  3. garden apartments
  4. garden balsam
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  7. garden burger
  8. garden burgers
  9. garden center
  10. garden centers
  11. garden centipede

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