man and boy
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌmæn n̩ ˈbɔɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Adverb
man and boy (not comparable)
- (British) During one's manhood and boyhood; since one's childhood; all one's life.
- I’ve lived here forty years, man and boy.
Translations
during one’s manhood and boyhood; all one’s life
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See also
Further reading
- “man and boy, adv.” under “man, n.1 (and int.)”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021. - “man and boy, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “man and boy”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “man and boy” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “man and boy” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
