Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Wiktionary
- n. Used other than as an idiom: see poor, boy.
- n. US A submarine sandwich.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
Etymologies
- Probably from French pour bois, for a drink; see pourboire. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I received a letter from Willie, poor boy he writes so gayly, his letter expresses such bouyancy, such confidence in and devotion to our "glorious Confederacy," I fear its glory has fallen.”
“Hardly had the poor boy been buried in Bellie church near, when his father, now reinforced by the Gordons, so that he could count 2,000 foot and 200 horse, was on his “fiery progress” south through Aberdeenshire, “as if to challenge Generals Baillie and Urry.””
“But not above defrauding that poor boy because he valued the things given to his care, and was so foolish as to imagine you wouldn't lie to an angur.”
“Sallow-eyed, furtive, maybe a little brighter than the poor boy in the grocery store, backwoodsy but not an idiot.”
“Holborn where this poor boy died; I had stood over a grave in the burial-round of Shoe-Lane Workhouse, which was pointed out to me as the last resting-place of Chatterton; and now I was in the room where, it was alleged, he obtained the manuscripts that gave him such notoriety.”
“His surmise proved correct; for news soon came that the poor boy had been captured at his father's house, and hanged.”
Fictionaut: She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
“But he talked very prettily on man's rights generally and particularly, even saying something in derogation of that fashionable life, which, as the poor boy had been taught, was the alpha and omega of existence.”
“Now, Mrs Bracken, I've done what you asked, but it's past time to put your poor boy out of his misery.”
“It was a ghastly party—no one else but poor Neddy Silverton, who looks like a galley-slave they used to talk of my making that poor boy unhappy!”
“When the poor boy was calmer we met in Tish's bedroom and Tish was quite firm on one point – Hannah must leave!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘poor boy’.
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
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I'm Just a Po'Boy
Food and drink native to Louisiana and nearby surrounding area.
dirty rice, maque choux, mak su, jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, oysters rockefeller, seafood boil, muffuletta, poor boy, calas, beignet and 15 more...
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Another day, a whole nother list
rump, spot on, flank, outflank, rank, bedeck, leafhopper, apocope, academic, set-to, point of no return, cloy and 210 more...
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A sandwich by any other name. . .
hero, hoagie, gyro, wedge, submarine, torpedo, zep, poor boy, grinder, bahn mi, sammich, wrap and 10 more...
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treeseed In the 1960s a poor boy was a popular kind of shirt for females. They were figure hugging rib-knit t-shirts that came in a wide range of solid colors. They were often worn tucked into hip huggers, either skirts or slacks which were worn with a wide leather belt. Feb 1, 2008