old boy
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a good old boy.
Example Sentences
- "Swansea named an unchanged side from their win over West Brom, and the visitors made an encouraging start, with Blues old boy Scott Sinclair prominent - Branislav Ivanovic had to make an important block to halt the winger's run."
- "The fact that they have waited to leave messages and have left hand-written evidence indicates to me that they don't believe they are going to be apprehended, that they have friends in 'higher places.' This is a small town. Everybody knows everybody. That 'ol boy' chuminess ^([sic])."
- "I got talking to an old boy in the pub, and he told me what the village used to be like in the old days."
- "Listen, old boy, I've got some news."