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rudeboys

rudeboys is the plural of rudeboy.

Meaning of rudeboy

Noun

rudeboy (plural rudeboys)

  1. A male juvenile delinquent, originally in Jamaica in the 1960s.
    • Leppo had been a rudeboy since his teens, earning his first three-month jail rap for vagrancy in 1971.2000, Timothy White, Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley
    Synonyms:
    Rudy
  2. A male enthusiast of ska music.
    • "I swear I've watched as much MTV Base an Juggy D videos as they have, but I still can't attain the right level a rudeboy finesse," bemoans Jas.2007, Dohra Ahmad, Rotten English: A Literary Anthology

Questions about rudeboys

What is rudeboys the plural of?
Rudeboys is the plural of rudeboy.

Words near rudeboys in the dictionary

  1. rude awakening
  2. rude awakenings
  3. rude boy
  4. rude boys
  5. rudeboy
  6. rudeboys
  7. rudefem
  8. rudefems
  9. rudeful
  10. rudegirl
  11. rudegirls

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