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home boy Hist. 
See 1913 quote.
See also: Barnardo boy
- 1913 The Canadian reader will need no explanation of the title "Home Boy," but to the British reader this term will convey little meaning . . . English readers will understand the stigma that would attach to a boy who has been reared in a workhouse, or a charity school. "He is only a workhouse boy" would be the contemptuous estimation of his position and chances in life. Something of the same meaning is attached to the term "home boy" in Canada. It denotes a boy who has been brought up in some charitable "Home," and from whom little that is good is expected.
- 1932 [A] lonesome little English home boy [was] playing his mouth organ softly in the dusk. . . .
- 1913 The Canadian reader will need no explanation of the title "Home Boy," but to the British reader this term will convey little meaning . . . English readers will understand the stigma that would attach to a boy who has been reared in a workhouse, or a charity school. "He is only a workhouse boy" would be the contemptuous estimation of his position and chances in life. Something of the same meaning is attached to the term "home boy" in Canada. It denotes a boy who has been brought up in some charitable "Home," and from whom little that is good is expected.