ploughboy
Britishnoun
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a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
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any country boy
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times
I am no shepherd, No mountain-dweller, I am not a ploughboy, Uncouth and stinking of cattle.
From The New Yorker
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.
From Economist
Sometimes she wished that some homely fisherman or ignorant ploughboy had rescued her.
From Project Gutenberg
Think of him as you stand By the old church to-day—think of him and his band Of military ploughboys!
From Project Gutenberg
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