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Definition of Blackboys
1. blackboy [n] - See also: blackboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackboys
Literary usage of Blackboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australian Byways: The Narrative of a Sentimental Traveler by Norman Duncan (1915)
"blackboys, they were colloquially called; and truly they were comical fellows,
... It was sadly true : those shameless blackboys had their long-haired heads ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"It was Fitzgerald giving orders to one of the blackboys. ... blackboys were
bringing up horses from a yard in the paddock, into which they had all been ..."
3. Australian Byways: The Narrative of a Sentimental Traveler by Norman Duncan (1915)
"blackboys, they were colloquially called; and truly they were comical fellows,
... It was sadly true : those shameless blackboys had their long-haired heads ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"It was Fitzgerald giving orders to one of the blackboys. ... blackboys were
bringing up horses from a yard in the paddock, into which they had all been ..."
5. Britain on Backroads by Andrew Duncan (2000)
"Take the first right outside blackboys, down the unclassified road for Waldron
and Horam. A pretty, tree-shaded village which has a vineyard and a shop ..."
6. Britain on Backroads by Andrew Duncan (2000)
"Take the first right outside blackboys, down the unclassified road for Waldron
and Horam. A pretty, tree-shaded village which has a vineyard and a shop ..."
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