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rent boys

rent boys is the plural of rent boy.

Meaning of rent boy

Noun

rent boy (plural rent boys)

  1. (UK, informal) A male prostitute, typically young and gay.
    • Francis Urquhart: Got anything on him?
      Tim Stamper: There was a whiff of scandal about ten years ago.
      Francis Urquhart: Rent boy. In a train. To Red Hill. Yes. Wanted to sell his story but we bought it and hushed him up. Be ungentlemanly to bring that up. A man's private life should be private.
      Tim...1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4

Questions about rent boys

What is rent boys the plural of?
Rent boys is the plural of rent boy.

Words near rent boys in the dictionary

  1. rensselaerite
  2. Renstrom
  3. Renstroms
  4. rent
  5. rent boy
  6. rent boys
  7. rent control
  8. rent controls
  9. rent free
  10. rent freeze
  11. rent lowering gunshot

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