What does boy friend mean?

boy friend

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

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"What are diplomatic boy friends for unless to borrow champagne off?"
""Lane Coutell. He's only been Franny's boy friend for a whole year. ..." "The expression is Franny's 'young man,'" he said, "not her 'boy friend.' Why are you so out of date, Bessie? […]""

boy friends (plural)

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