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Definition of City boy
1. Noun. A city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing.
Definition of City boy
1. Noun. A male inhabitant of a city, or one who prefers city life ¹
2. Noun. (British) A man who works in the financial sector (often capitalised). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of City Boy
Literary usage of City boy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"and for business than has the city boy. Of course I am speaking not of individuals,
... The type of city boy I have in mind is one born in a city or a large ..."
2. The American Catalogue of Books: (original and Reprints,) Published in the by James Kelly (1871)
"Wadsworth, Olive A. Bill Riggs, Jr. : the Story of a city boy. 18mo. cL, 90 ote.
Boston Warren AB 1869 Heavenward Bound. Kimo. cl. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia of Sunday Schools and Religious Education: Giving a World by John Thomas McFarland, Benjamin Severance Winchester (1915)
"The city boy meets commercialized recreation and amusement in its most seductive
forms, ... The city boy has a larger freedom in choosing his companions, ..."
4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"Peril comes to the city boy from the exhilaration of positive wrong-doing; ...
You redeem the city boy by damming up the sluices into which his ..."
5. Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women with Practical by William C. King, Charles Henry Parkhurst (1900)
"The city boy has hosts of acquaintances and friends; while the boy from the ...
The city boy is given a good start in the office; while the country boy has ..."
6. The School Journal (1900)
"In your issue of April 21 I find a letter on " What is Needed for the city boy,"
which interests and amazes me. Do many people really believe that the city ..."
7. A Survey of a Public School System by Henry Lester Smith (1917)
"The city boy on the other hand has a higher per cent than the country boy in
everything except physical geography. The city girls in this rank have a higher ..."
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