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  1. n. US An apprentice jockey

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  • plethora John's going to need his own list, soon. Oct 21, 2008

  • chained_bear Wow. John is a many-splendored thing. Oct 20, 2008

  • vanishedone And a little teapot. Oct 20, 2008

  • reesetee I thought you were a Japanese schoolgirl, John. Oct 20, 2008

  • chained_bear Are you an apprentice jockey? *marvels* Oct 20, 2008

  • john For a moment, I thought this was me :-) Oct 20, 2008

  • chained_bear "Once a rider logged his first win, he officially became an apprentice jockey, or 'bug boy,' so called because of the asterisk, or 'bug,' that was typed next to apprentices' names in the racing program."
    —Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (New York: Ballantine Books, 2001), 65 Oct 20, 2008

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‘bug boy’ has been looked up 518 times, added to 3 lists, commented on 7 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.