英语词汇b’hoy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	b’hoy
词源	b’hoy. An Irish pronunciation of boy common in the 19th century. The female counterpart was a g’hal. The b’hoy was usu- ally a young worker, flashily dressed, who belonged to one of many fiercely competitive and colorfully named fire compa- nies, such as the Black Joe, the Dry Bones, and the Bean Soup. Their speech was called flash, and it is said that it contributed many words and phrases to the language—though this last is doubtful.
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