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boyo
noun- used as a good-humoured form of address to a man IRELAND, 1898
An elaboration of “boy”, stereotypically Irish or Welsh. - We haven’t got an overt act, Terrence me boyo. — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 32, 1981
- [N]o five day week and off to the Leisure Centre then, boyo. — Alan Bleasdale, Boys From the Blackstuff, 1982
- You don’t mind, do you, boyo? — Joel Rose, Kill Kill Faster Faster, p. 34, 1997
- a Welsh man UK, 1953
Somewhat patronising; after what is thought to be a stereotypically Welsh form of address. - We want him [Ron Davies, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales] to hang around as long as possible: we can have a lot more fun with this boyo before we’re through. — Gyles Brandreth, Breaking the Code, p. 286, 1999
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