Definition of City boy

1. Noun. A city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing.

Exact synonyms: City Slicker
Generic synonyms: Slicker

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

cittern
cittern-head
cittern-heads
citterns
cittosis
city
city-born
city-bred
city-council
city administrator
city administrators
city banker
city bankers
city block
city blocks
city boy (current term)
city boys
city break
city center
city centre
city council
city councils
city desk
city district
city editor
city father
city fathers
city girl
city girls
city hall

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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