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roaring boys

roaring boys is the plural of roaring boy.

Meaning of roaring boy

Noun

roaring boy (plural roaring boys)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of roarer (“brawling young man”).
    • The Gipsie snap & Pedro
      are none of Toms Comradoes,
      yͤ punck I skorne, & yͤ cutpurse sworn
      & yͤ roring boyes brauadoesc. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
    Synonyms:
    roarer

Questions about roaring boys

What is roaring boys the plural of?
Roaring boys is the plural of roaring boy.

Words near roaring boys in the dictionary

  1. roaring
  2. roaring ahead
  3. roaring away
  4. roaring back
  5. roaring boy
  6. roaring boys
  7. roaring cat
  8. roaring drunk
  9. Roaring Fork River
  10. roaring forties
  11. roaring game

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