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loblolly boys

loblolly boys is the plural of loblolly boy.

Meaning of loblolly boy

Noun

loblolly boy (plural loblolly boys)

  1. (historical) In 18th- and 19th-century warships, a non-professional (male) assistant to the ship's surgeon.
    • [T]he carpenter repairing masts and plugging dangerous leaks in the hull, the surgeon attending to the sick. (His helpers were known as loblolly boys, for the porridge they served.)2023, David Grann, chapter 2, in The Wager, Doubleday, page 39

Questions about loblolly boys

What is loblolly boys the plural of?
Loblolly boys is the plural of loblolly boy.

Words near loblolly boys in the dictionary

  1. loblollies
  2. loblolly
  3. loblolly bay
  4. loblolly bays
  5. loblolly boy
  6. loblolly boys
  7. loblolly pine
  8. loblolly pines
  9. loblolly tree
  10. loblolly trees
  11. loblollying

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