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What is "old boy"

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old boy

n. 1 (context chiefly British English) An alumnus, especially of a public school. 2 (context UK English) Affectionate term of address for a man. 3 A former member of a group

WordNet
old boy

  1. n. a familiar term of address for a man [syn: old man]

  2. a vivacious elderly man

  3. a male ex-pupil of a school

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Old boy

Old boy or Oldboy or Old Boys may refer to:

  • Old Boys, male former pupils of schools in Britain, some schools in Australia, India, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago
    • Old boy network, social and business connections among former pupils of top male-only schools
    • A cadet who has attended St. John's Military School
  • Old Boy (manga), a manga series
    • Oldboy (2003 film), a South Korean film based on the manga, directed by Park Chan-wook
    • Oldboy (2013 film), an American remake of the above film, directed by Spike Lee
  • Reginald "Old Boy" Wilmot (1869–1949), Australian journalist
  • Old Boys (2010 film), Chinese short comedy film
  • Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon, 2014 Chinese film
  • Old Boys' AFC, semi-professional football team based in Invercargill, New Zealand
Old Boy (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. The narrative follows the protagonist Shinichi Gotō, a man who, after a decade of incarceration in a private prison, is suddenly freed. After his release, Gotō must find his captors and discover the reason for his confinement.

Old Boy was serialized in the Futabasha magazine Weekly Manga Action from 1996 to 1998, with a total of 79 chapters among eight collected volumes released during that time. The series was picked up for North American localization by Dark Horse Comics and released between 2006 and 2007. The manga was also adapted into an award-winning South Korean film, directed by Park Chan-wook in 2003. In 2013 Spike Lee directed an American remake of the 2003 Park Chan-wook film.

Usage examples of "old boy".

Great excitement is probably the only thing that really interests a six-year-old boy and it sticks in his mind.

What do you think that would do to a fifteen-year-old boy, finding his mother’.

He is just as quiet and reasonable as you can possibly expect a five-and-some-months-year-old boy to be.

The only casualty was a nineteen-year-old boy who did not get out of the way fast enough and was shot dead by one of the gang.

Do you really think there's any chance of the old boy's doing something handsome for me?

One farm lost a few sacks that evening and another lost a coil of rope the next: but some tattered old boy's clothes for Aravis to wear had to be fairly bought and paid for in a village.

One farm lost a few sacks that evening and another lost a coil of rope the next: but some tattered old boy’.

You took off after a thirteen-year-old boy and then he turned up dead.

The unannounced appearance of a two-year-old boy, one unknown to her medical staff, would give rise to a host of questions.