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ploughboy
/ ˈplaʊˌbɔɪ /
noun
a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
any country boy
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There are any number of devious plot complications that involve a sea monster, help from the gods and the heroic ministrations of a ploughboy, Giustino.
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I am no shepherd, No mountain-dweller, I am not a ploughboy, Uncouth and stinking of cattle.
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Most songs were written not by ploughboys or milkmaids but by professionals, and many were first heard from the stage, or in the pub or music-hall.
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Sometimes she wished that some homely fisherman or ignorant ploughboy had rescued her.
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Think of him as you stand By the old church to-day—think of him and his band Of military ploughboys!
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