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Big Boy

American  

noun

  1. an articulated steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, one section of eight driving wheels, a second section of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.


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Bass told Big Boy, the host of the program, that firefighters “were sent home and they shouldn’t have been.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

In the opening scene, the radio DJ Big Boy cautions that today’s weather will be a scorcher; meanwhile, we see images of people wearing jackets, and the heat never gets brought up again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

By the end of the night, there were almost 30 people on stage, including YG, Steve Lacy, Schoolboy Q, Big Boy, G Perico, DJ Mustard, and basketball stars Russell Westbrook and Demar Derozan.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024

He was 28 and the movie was “You’re a Big Boy Now,” a neo-screwball studio comedy about a young guy trying to cut loose from his parents.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Big Boy and I attended church with them.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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