Meaning

1 senses

  1. (historical)A boy who directed the draught animals that pulled a plough; a boy who served as a ploughman's helper.

    a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow

Origin

From plough + boy.

From plough + boy.

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Forms

plural: ploughboys
Singularploughboy
Pluralploughboys

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow:plowboy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plotB2plotterploughployC1pluckB2
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