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Honeyboy

name

Etymology

From honey + 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 honeyboy — “honey + boy”

Definitions

  1. A male nickname.

    • David "Honeyboy" Edwards
    • When defendant finally viewed the photographs, he recognized one of the pictures to be that of a person known to him as Honeyboy. Defendant then requested that the State provide him with the real name and last known address of ...
    • Three nights later featherweight Honeyboy Finnegan battled Andre Routis in a boxing match. Officially it was called Boston's Madison Square Garden, but shortly after the opening the name was abbreviated , eliminating the reference to ...

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