Whiteboy
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Whiteboy
C18: adopted from the earlier use of the phrase as a term of endearment for a boy or man
Example Sentences
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The few Catholic noblemen outdid the Protestants in expressions of devotion; the Whiteboy risings were as little disloyal as religious.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine
The tithe system was another all but unendurable burden, and it was against the tithe proctors that the worst of the Whiteboy outrages were committed.
From The Story of Ireland by Lawless, Emily
A few minutes brought this kind-hearted Whiteboy back to the spot where Hourigan and his companion, who was also his cousin, fell.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
No man was ever afflicted with such convenient maladies as Phelim; even his sprains, tooth-aches, and colics seemed to have entered into the Whiteboy system.
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
There was a Whiteboy attack to force the stairs when she was a child, and I suppose we rehearsed that combat fully fifty—ay, five hundred times.
From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James
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