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[ plou-boi ] / ˈplaʊˌbɔɪ /
nouna boy who leads or guides a team drawing a plow. a country boy. Origin of plowboyFirst recorded in 1560–70; plow + boy Words nearby plowboyplouk, Plovdiv, plover, plow, plowback, plowboy, plow into, plowman, Plowright, plowshare, plow steel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plowboyThen he went to bed, and whether from the widow's blessing, or the air of the place, he slept like a plowboy. Christie Johnstone|Charles Reade The plowboy looked around and saw a man standing on the road-side, with his arms resting on the top rail of the fence. Up Terrapin River|Opie P. Read The plowboy shouted in the sun, and in the purple new-turned furrows flocks of birds hunted for fat worms. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood|Howard Pyle The faithless Mirabel had broken his engagement, and the plowboy was the herald of misfortune who brought his apology.
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