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  • noun US Alternative spelling of poor boy.

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Examples

  • I believe the appropiate term of art would be "poorboy", a sandwich usually made of deep-fried fish between two pieces of bread but any no-effort meat between undecorated bread would fit

    Name the sandwich. Ann Althouse 2009

  • I was wearing a brown leather vest over my poorboy shirt that day and it gave me a sense of power that I have since tried to rekindle on several occasions but to no avail.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

  • In shock, but figuring Tim would be okay, I stumbled to the bathroom, showered and shaved for the first time in a week, threw on my bell-bottoms and poorboy shirt, and went down to the dining room for breakfast, leaving Tim splayed out on his single unsheeted WWII mattress.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

  • I only wore bell-bottom jeans and poorboy shirts, which Evie sewed for me.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

  • He also plans to change the scale of the often-enormous poorboy sandwich, commonly called a "po-boy," to make it more accessible party food.

    poststar.com RSS 2010

  • He also plans to change the scale of the often-enormous poorboy sandwich, commonly called a "po-boy," to make it more accessible party food.

    poststar.com RSS 2010

  • He also plans to change the scale of the often-enormous poorboy sandwich, commonly called a "po-boy," to make it more accessible party food.

    poststar.com RSS 2010

  • He also plans to change the scale of the often-enormous poorboy sandwich, commonly called a "po-boy," to make it more accessible party food.

    poststar.com RSS 2010

  • * Obscene, explicit, or racist language. poorboy wrote on Mar 2, 2009 1: 27 PM:

    unknown title 2009

  • Hey YLMS, what is the name of the famous poorboy in New Orleans?

    Discussion Forum - Geeks! 2009

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