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Honeyboy

Honeyboy proper noun: a male nickname.

Proper noun

Honeyboy

  1. A male nickname.
    • David "Honeyboy" Edwards
    • When defendant finally viewed the photographs, he recognized one of the pictures to be that of a person known to him as Honeyboy. Defendant then requested that the State provide him with the real name and last known address of ...1990, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court

Examples of Honeyboy in a sentence

  • Three nights later featherweight Honeyboy Finnegan battled Andre Routis in a boxing match.2005, Alan E. Foulds, Boston's Ballparks & Arenas, UPNE, →ISBN, page 88:
  • Dropping in and out of music, Honeyboy Edwards is still active in the Blues scene.2016, PETER KRAMPERT, The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica, Mel Bay Publications, →ISBN, page 55:

Origin of Honeyboy

From honey + boy.

Questions about Honeyboy

What does Honeyboy mean?
Honeyboy means a male nickname.
How do you use Honeyboy in a sentence?
Three nights later featherweight Honeyboy Finnegan battled Andre Routis in a boxing match.
What part of speech is Honeyboy?
Honeyboy is a proper noun.

Words near Honeyboy in the dictionary

  1. honeyblobs
  2. Honeybone
  3. Honeybones
  4. Honeybourne
  5. Honeybournes
  6. Honeyboy
  7. honeybug
  8. Honeybugle
  9. honeybugs
  10. honeybun
  11. honeybunch

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