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boot boy

noun

Etymology

From boot + boy.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. compounded as boot boy — “boot + boy”

Definitions

  1. A boy who cleans boots and shoes.

  2. One of a gang of violent hooligans who usually wear short-cropped hair and bovver boots.

    • He's [Enda Kenny] acting like a political thug and a political boot boy in a party political fashion.

  3. A boy who cares for a footballer's boots.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA