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boyo

n. 1 (context Ireland English) A boy or lad. 2 (context sometimes derogatory (see usage notes) English) A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man (usually younger than the speaker).

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Boyo

Boyo may refer to:

Places
  • Boyo (department), a division of the Northwest province in Cameroon
  • Bōyo Islands, a group of islands in the Inland Sea, Japan
People
  • Billy Boyo (1969-2000), Jamaican reggae artist
  • Boyo Ockinga (active from 1986), New Zealand-born egyptologist, epigrapher, and philologist working in Australia
  • Boyo v London Borough of Lambeth, a 1994 UK labour law case, concerning wrongful dismissal
Expressions
  • Boyo, an Irish and Welsh variation on the word boy
Boyo (department)

Boyo is a department of Northwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 1,592 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 169,725.The capital of the department lies at Fundong.

Usage examples of "boyo".

In truth, the whole truth was known only to the Devereaux boyo and Mr Pinkus.

There were two Old Bloods, a man calling himself Boyo and a woman using the name Silvereye, who were particularly vocal.

As before, Boyo and Silvereye spoke loudly of injustices done and the need for retribution, but theirs were not the only voices raised.

When the Queen and her councillors returned with Web, Boyo rose to claim his turn to speak.

Even Boyo seemed inclined to think Silvereye had taken their argument too far.

But Boyo, perhaps seeing a kinship in this Witted noble and the title he hoped to reclaim, nodded thoughtfully.

No, sir, those boyos were used to desert robes like in the movies and long-curved knives under their belts, not fancy dan sashes around their waists.

Marblehead and had them deliver the finest salmon and the freshest chickens, then she reached the boyos in Lynn to send up the best porterhouses they had in stock.

Patience has got to be a part of your tradecraft, boyo, his father had told him in the early days.

There were two Old Bloods, a man calling himself Boyo and a woman using the name Silvereye, who were particularly vocal.

Boyo recited a list of demands they should make, with Silvereye enthusiastically nodding to each one.

Even Boyo seemed inclined to think Silvereye had taken their argument too far.

A constant worry, something that high-flying boyos with their shady deals overlooked.

Except for Karla, the boyos and the coven who had made up Jaenelle's First Circle hadn't quite forgiven him for the games he'd played to keep them away from her while she created the spells that would protect them and Kaeleer.

Niall – rhymes with kneel, boyo, I’m not a bleeding river – was the cofounder of Rarities Unlimited, which wasn’t so much a business as a collaboration of international talents held together by a shared reverence for the best that human culture had to offer.