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boy-hoy Slang, Obs. 
n. in the Maritimes, a low-class tough or ruffian, usually found in gangs.
- 1872 The lower population of the towns--"the boy-hoys" is the local term, answering to the "lambs" in certain manufacturing districts in England, are without exception the most arrant and cowardly scoundrels in existence.
- 1872 The lower population of the towns--"the boy-hoys" is the local term, answering to the "lambs" in certain manufacturing districts in England, are without exception the most arrant and cowardly scoundrels in existence.