Definition of Blackboys

1. Noun. (plural of blackboy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blackboys

1. blackboy [n] - See also: blackboy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackboys

blackbirder
blackbirders
blackbirding
blackbirdlike
blackbirds
blackboard
blackboard bold
blackboard eraser
blackboarded
blackboarding
blackboards
blackbodies
blackbody
blackbody radiation
blackboy
blackboys (current term)
blackbuck
blackbucks
blackburnian warbler
blackcap
blackcap raspberry
blackcaps
blackcent
blackcents
blackchin
blackchins
blackcoat
blackcoats

Literary usage of Blackboys

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

1. Australian Byways: The Narrative of a Sentimental Traveler by Norman Duncan (1915)
"blackboys, they were colloquially called; and truly they were comical fellows, ... It was sadly true : those shameless blackboys had their long-haired heads ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"It was Fitzgerald giving orders to one of the blackboys. ... blackboys were bringing up horses from a yard in the paddock, into which they had all been ..."

3. Australian Byways: The Narrative of a Sentimental Traveler by Norman Duncan (1915)
"blackboys, they were colloquially called; and truly they were comical fellows, ... It was sadly true : those shameless blackboys had their long-haired heads ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"It was Fitzgerald giving orders to one of the blackboys. ... blackboys were bringing up horses from a yard in the paddock, into which they had all been ..."

5. Britain on Backroads by Andrew Duncan (2000)
"Take the first right outside blackboys, down the unclassified road for Waldron and Horam. A pretty, tree-shaded village which has a vineyard and a shop ..."

6. Britain on Backroads by Andrew Duncan (2000)
"Take the first right outside blackboys, down the unclassified road for Waldron and Horam. A pretty, tree-shaded village which has a vineyard and a shop ..."

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