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sideboys

sideboys is the plural of sideboy.

Meaning of sideboy

Noun

sideboy (plural sideboys)

  1. One of an even-numbered group of seamen posted in two rows on the quarterdeck when a visiting dignitary boards or leaves the ship, historically to help (or even hoist) him aboard.
  2. (US, colloquial) A small dresser; a drinks cabinet.
    • He had a nice breath. Haig and Haig at least. ‘You've been at the sideboy again,’ I said.1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 125

Questions about sideboys

What is sideboys the plural of?
Sideboys is the plural of sideboy.

Words near sideboys in the dictionary

  1. Sidebottom
  2. Sidebottoms
  3. sidebox
  4. sideboxes
  5. sideboy
  6. sideboys
  7. sidebuffer
  8. sidebuffers
  9. sideburden
  10. sideburdens
  11. sideburn

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