poor boy

See po'boy.

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poor′ boy`

n.
Chiefly New Orleans.

a hero sandwich.

[1875–80]

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Noun

poor boy - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero

sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

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One of them had to go home to try on a ball-dress; for it was just the dress and the ball which had caused her to be confirmed this time, for otherwise she would not have come; the other was a poor boy, who had borrowed his coat and boots to be confirmed in from the innkeeper's son, and he was to give them back by a certain hour; the third said that he never went to a strange place if his parents were not with him--that he had always been a good boy hitherto, and would still be so now that he was confirmed, and that one ought not to laugh at him for it: the others, however, did make fun of him, after all.

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When the old man does right the poor boy after all, the poor boy gets no good of it.

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My poor boy! What thousands of charming women there are who would ask nothing better than to be his wife!

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He ought to have it - the poor boy. But to give it to him would be like tampering with his position of complete dependence.

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"Still, we must have consideration for this poor boy, who is made of flesh and blood and bone, and gets tired," suggested the Scarecrow, in his usual thoughtful manner.

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'A nice person to prefer a charge against a poor boy!' said Fang, with a comical effort to look humane.

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Ah, be kind to me, be merciful to a poor boy who means thee well; for an thou betray me I am lost!"

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'Poor boy!' said the sexton, before Kit could answer, 'how goes it, darling?'

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She burst into tears, and began to moan, "My poor boy, my poor boy!"

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Take pity on a poor boy who is being chased by two Assass--"

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I was a poor boy then, as you know, and to a poor boy they were a little fortune.

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"Nay, thou art in trouble, poor boy!" said he kindly.

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