wide boy

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wide boy

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Related to wide awake, i.e. sharp-witted, open-eyed, with wide open eyes.

noun wide boys

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang A man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. Much amusement at Westminster about David Mellor, a wide boy if ever there was one. Someone tapped his girlfriend's phone and sold the tape to The People. Very funny stuff—all about how knackered he was.
Similar: geezer, spiv

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@misc{wide_boy_2026,
  title = {wide boy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wide%20boy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}