boy-friend en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of boyfriend.
alt of boyfriend
A Belgian friend of one of my p. b.f.’s (platonic boy-friends) said you were going to marry M.F. and she was awfully attractive.
1929, Nancy Hoyt, Promise Not to Tell, New York, N.Y.: Horace Liveright, →OCLC, page 190:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boy-friends | Number=Plur | lexicographic |