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Definition of Ploughboy
1. Noun. A boy who leads the animals that draw a plow.
Definition of Ploughboy
1. Noun. (dated) A boy who directed the animals that pulled a plough ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ploughboy
Literary usage of Ploughboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Minstrelsy of England: A Collection of 200 English Songs with Their by Frank Kidson, Alfred Moffat (1901)
"I ^ /PrS-^ =^= \±==«==/«E 2. mount the white air with the dew all on her breast,
And with the pretty ploughboy, 1. heard a pretty ploughboy and so sweetly ..."
2. Reports of Admiralty and Revenue Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit by Henry Billings Brown (1876)
"The ploughboy. owners from this prosecution. But the Court cannot make the law
bend to the convenience of masters. Decree of condemnation. NOTE. ..."
3. Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and Familiar Melodies by Robert Ford (1901)
"THE JOLLY ploughboy. y , &LA i *• ' L» v ^ > r As Jack the jolly ploughboy was
ploughing of his land, With his horses beneath yon green shade, ..."
4. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir (1913)
"VI THE ploughboy The Crops — Doing Chores — The Sights and Sounds of Winter —
Road-making — The Spirit-rapping Craze — Tuberculosis among the Settlers — A ..."
5. History of the "Soldiers' Home", Washington, D.C.,. by Eba (Anderson) Lawton (1914)
"The Harrodsburg ploughboy "WESTERN MILITARY ASYLUM "We have been several times
requested to furnish such information in regard to the Military Asylum ..."
6. The Year of Grace: A History of the Ulster Revival of 1859 by William Gibson (1860)
"... Cases—The "Operation of the Spirit"—The Railway Labourer— The ploughboy and
his Muse—The old " Waterloo " Man—The Twin Sisters—The Little Orphan Maid. ..."
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