Definition of Sonny boy

1. Noun. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).

Exact synonyms: Cub, Lad, Laddie, Sonny
Generic synonyms: Boy, Male Child

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonny Boy

sonneters
sonneting
sonnetist
sonnetists
sonnetize
sonnetized
sonnetizes
sonnetizing
sonnetlike
sonnets
sonnetted
sonnetting
sonnies
sonny
sonny Jim
sonny boy (current term)
sonobuoy
sonobuoys
sonochemical
sonochemically
sonochemistry
sonofabitch
sonofusion
sonogram
sonogramme
sonograms
sonograph
sonographer
sonographic
sonographically

Literary usage of Sonny boy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The War Diary of a Diplomat by Lee Meriwether (1919)
"In his pocket was a letter beginning: 'Dear sonny boy' and signed 'Mother!' As I saw the signature I closed my eyes and said a prayer that this struggle for ..."

2. Black Music and Musicians in the New Grove Dictionary of American Music and by Dominique-René De Lerma, Marsha J. Reisser (1989)
"... Josh(ua Daniel) [Pinewood Tom] Williamson, sonny boy [John Lee] Williamson, sonny boy [Miller, Rice; Miller, Alex] Ota, Diane O. Dictionaries. 3. ..."

3. The Speaker (1913)
"Better clear out, sonny boy, An' go somewheres an" play. Yer brother's got the sulks." So I slide out acrost the fields An' down beside the crick, ..."

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