city boy
Frequency: 5.01.2 per million words
a boy or man who lives in a city
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Examples (10)
- As a city boy, he wasn't used to the quiet of the countryside.
- With his slicked-back hair and confident stride, he was a classic city boy.
- He grew up as a city boy, but now he loves living on a farm.
- The local farmers were suspicious of the city boys who came for the summer.
- I can't imagine him ever leaving; he's a city boy through and through.
- Are you more of a city boy or a country person?
- The naive city boy was easily tricked by the seasoned traveler.
- The city boy's knowledge of subway lines was impressive, but he couldn't identify a single tree.
- The novel's protagonist is a young city boy discovering his roots in the rural south.
- John, a city boy from Chicago, had never seen the ocean before.