Etymology
Origin of plowboy
Example Sentences
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Why didn't he buy the farm he used to dream of so longingly that Larry nicknamed him "the plowboy"?
From Time Magazine Archive
A onetime plowboy who became a topflight lawyer, Rivero professes strong loyalty to Batista but obviously plans to campaign as a Great Compromiser, appealing to the majority that is fed up with both sides.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is wearing a $250 double-knit suit and the "aw-shucks" grin of a plowboy at a tea dance, and when he casually flashes the awaited V-for-victory sign, the cheers resound all the louder.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Gomer, a leatherneck Pfc, he wears a gee-whiz expression, spouts homilies out of a lopsided mouth and lopes around uncertainly like a plowboy stepping through a field of cow dung.
From Time Magazine Archive
I stared about, openmouthed, like the greenest plowboy.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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