day boy

D d

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey boi]
- /deɪ bɔɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey boi]
- /deɪ bɔɪ/

Definitions of day boy words

noun day boy a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening 3
noun day boy a male boarding-school student who lives at home. 1
noun day boy (Britain) A male day pupil. 0

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Origin of day boy

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Day boy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Day boy

day boy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

day boy usage trend in Literature

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