Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British A graduate of a public school for boys.
- n. A man who is a member of an old-boy network.
Wiktionary
- n. chiefly UK An alumnus, especially of a public school.
- n. UK Affectionate term of address for a man.
- n. A former member of a group
WordNet 3.0
- n. a former male pupil of a school
- n. a vivacious elderly man
- n. a familiar term of address for a man
Examples
“He won election to the board of the Council on Foreign Relations by exploiting a new nomination-by-petition procedure designed to open up that old boy organizationone that had been recommended, interestingly, by a Council committee headed by Cyrus Vance.”
“It means a bit of pain which the old boy insists on calling neuralgia.”
“Except for the old boy at Pont-Marie, no one remembers him.”
“Apparently the old boy has been fighting the Simister Gang all his life.”
“The old boy was frankly blethering, and I was sorry for him.”
“Supposing she gave the old boy digitalin in his B and S, why should it wait all that time before working?”
“Maybe the old boy had heard something about Alex and was going to spill the beans to the Serrocolds. ”
“I had personally asked a fair number of Ivan's friends and business people to turn up at Park Crescent even if they couldn't face the crematorium but, in the event, the old boy drew a full house at Cockfosters, an eloquent and moving tribute to a good man.”
“I shared it all last week, while the scenes were enacting; but when papa's letter came, it made an old boy of me – I would have thrown off my hat and hurrahed, if I had not been afraid to trust four walls with my feelings; and I finally took up with the safer indulgence of some very sweet tears.”
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Jumbo Shrimp
A list of classic oxymorons (using the term loosely). Named after my brother's favorite.
jumbo shrimp, fine mess, plastic glasses, plastic silverware, working vacation, alone together, head butt, new classic, adult children, baby grand, constant change, almost exactly and 191 more...
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