Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A male friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown.
- noun A fellow male gang member.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial Someone, particularly a male
acquaintance , from one’shometown . - noun colloquial A close friend or fellow member of a youth
gang . - noun colloquial A person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fellow male member of a youth gang
- noun a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
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Examples
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Last weekend we learned that Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford got busted for pot possession in his homestate of Texas and today TMZ reports that homeboy is being officially charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.
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June 8th, 2010 at 12: 48 pm was able to see the final pics … and wow homeboy is packing and is yummy times 10!!!!! if you havent seen them then your missing out … he looks good with and without clothes!!!!
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Last weekend we learned that Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford got busted for pot possession in his homestate of Texas and today TMZ reports that homeboy is being officially charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.
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We had a mutual friend at the time and he told me Rampage was going to be down there so I called my homeboy up and told him that Rampage was coming down, and to make sure he was taken care of.
Five Ounces of Pain 2009
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King Tut’s mummified body was put on public display for the first time in 3,000 years, and let me tell you ladies, homeboy is looking gooooood.
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Black (ish), elegant, well-spoken ( 'cep wen he all is talkin' lak a homeboy fo 'de folks) and very, very biddable.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Or Tee Dee would call a homeboy “handsome homie,” knowing darn well he meant the opposite.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Or Tee Dee would call a homeboy “handsome homie,” knowing darn well he meant the opposite.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Or Tee Dee would call a homeboy “handsome homie,” knowing darn well he meant the opposite.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Or Tee Dee would call a homeboy “handsome homie,” knowing darn well he meant the opposite.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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