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boyo

noun
\ ˈbȯi-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce boyo (audio) \
plural boyos

Definition of boyo

Irish
: boy, lad
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Synonyms for boyo

Synonyms

boy, boychick (or boychik), callant [chiefly Scottish], lad, laddie, nipper, shaveling, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

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Examples of boyo in a Sentence

a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin

Recent Examples on the Web

 As my old Irish grandmother once told me, boyo, never trust a judge with a name like a high school strength coach. We journey north next to Maine, where human bowling jacket Paul LePage is doing the governating thing again, with the usual results. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "School Is Starting Back Up, So Here Come the 'Safe Space' Culture Wars," 25 Aug. 2016

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First Known Use of boyo

1835, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for boyo

boy + -o entry 1

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