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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’s hometown.
  • 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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