poor boy

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poor boy

/poɹ bɔɪ/ US

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See po' boy.

noun poor boys

US, alternative Alternative form of po' boy, a type of sandwich.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child. Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:pauper
Similar: bankrupt, beggar, indigent, insolvent, have not, lack-all, Lazarus, pauper, penny-father, poor

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@misc{poor_boy_2026,
  title = {poor boy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20boy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}