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bo
noun- a man, a companion; often used as a form of address UK, 1729
From the nickname Beau, or abbreviated from “boy”. Originally English but now US. UK cryptic crosswords often rely on the clue “an American” to signal the letters “bo”. - a hobo US, 1899
A reality and term that only barely lingered into the 1950s. - I reclined on a flatcar reading the Sunday funnies with the other [ho]bos, and the brakemen smiled at us and waved cheerfully. — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Allen Ginsberg, p. 151, 18 May 1948
- Mr. Davis informs me there are no more hoboes riding the rails any more–“only a few bums and tramps passing themselves off as
- boes. The real boes all quit to go work during the war.” — San Francisco News, p. 21, 16 June 1949
- There was nobody around but a bo who pointed out the freight for us[.] — James Blake, The Joint, p. 28, 21 June 1951
- marijuana US, 1975
- — J. E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, p. 214, 1994
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