English Explanatory Dictionary

poor boy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of submarine sandwich.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child.

Word forms

poor boy poor boys

Etymology

Generally agreed to have originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 1920s; the explanation for exactly how the term arose is disputed, as discussed in Wikipedia at po' boy § Etymology.

Synonyms

submarine sandwich bankrupt beggar indigent insolvent have not lack-all Lazarus pauper penny-father poor

Related words

po' boy po'boy
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