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old-boy network

old-boy network is the alternative form of old boy network.

Meaning of old boy network

Noun

old boy network (plural old boy networks)

  1. (idiomatic) A presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism.
    • His hiring and promotion of senior officers rested not on merit but on an old-boy network of connections from Wall Street and the Social Register.2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page 7

Forms of old-boy network

pluralold-boy networks

Questions about old-boy network

What is old-boy network the alternative form of?
Old-boy network is the alternative form of old boy network.

Words near old-boy network in the dictionary

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  2. old-age
  3. old-age pension
  4. old-age pensioner
  5. old-age pensioners
  6. old-boy network
  7. old-boy networks
  8. old-boyism
  9. old-clothesman
  10. old-clothesmen
  11. old-earth creationism

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