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  1. Boy
    Boy is nautical terminology for an untrained seaman, regardless of his age.
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  2. Boy
    Boy is slang for heroin.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. Boy
    India from 'bhai' Lit. 'Younger brother' but gave rise to the call for a servant.
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  4. boy
    [n] - a friendly informal reference to a grown man 2. [n] - offensive term for Black man
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Boy
    Boy noun [ Confer Dutch boef , Fries. boi , boy ; akin to German bube , Icelandic bofi rouge.] A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. « My only boy fell by the side of great...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/88

  6. Boy
    Boy transitive verb To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. « I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. Shak. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/88

  7. Boy
    Boy noun In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race. « He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, and spoke of importing boys from Capetown.» Frances Macnab.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/88

  8. boy
    A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. 'My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.' (Sir W. Scott) ... Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an assosiaton, fraternity, or party...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. Boy
    • (n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. • (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women`s parts on the stage. • (n.) In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Boy
    (from the article `Literature`) ...in the Western Cape coastal resort town of Hermanus, whose cliffs attract throngs of whale-watchers. Compatriot Lindsey Collen explored a young ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/102

  11. boy
    • a youthful male person
    • a friendly informal reference to a grown man
    • a male human offspring
    • offensive term for Black man

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  12. Boy
    Boy is slang for heroin.
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  13. Boy
    A `boy` is a young male human (usually child or adolescent), as contrasted to its female counterpart, girl, or an adult male, a man. The term "boy" is primarily used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions or both. The latter most commonly applies to adul...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy

  14. Boy
    (album) | Upper caption = Alternative cover | Type = studio | Cover = U2 Boy America.png | Lower caption = single 1 = A Day Without Me | single 1 date = August 1980 | single 2 = I Will Follow | single 2 date = October 1980 --> --> `Boy` is the debut album from Irish rock band U2, relea...
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  15. Boy
    (disambiguation) A `boy` is a young male human. `Boy`(`s`) or `The Boy` may also refer to: Music : Performers : Albums : Songs: Literature : Film and television : Other uses : People : See also :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy

  16. Boy
    (book) `Boy: Tales of Childhood` (1984) is the first autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. It describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood e...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy

  17. Boy
    (Canadian band) `BOY` is a Canadian indie pop band, originally the solo project of Whitehorse, Yukon native Stephen Noel Kozmeniuk. Now based in Toronto, the band consists of vocalist and general instrumentalist Kozmeniuk, drummer Maurie Kaufmann, bassist Steve Payne, and guitarists Rolla Ola...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy

  18. Boy
    (I Need You) "`Boy (I Need You)`" is a song co-written and co-produced by Mariah Carey and Just Blaze for Carey`s twelfth album Charmbracelet (2002). It features a sample of the Rose Royce song "I`m Going Down", which is also sampled in the same fashion in rapper Ca...
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  19. Boy
    (Erasure song) `"Boy"` is a ballad performed by British duo Erasure. Originally recorded in typical synth pop/Erasure style in 1997, the song appeared on their album Cowboy. In 2006, Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell released Union Street, an album containing ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy

  20. Boy
    (compilation album) `Boy` is a 1987 compilation album from Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson. Track listing: #Åh Amadeus - 3.35 #Vindarnas väg - 3.42 #Sommartid - 3.38 #När jag behöver dig som mest - 4.21 #Kärleken är evig - 3.03 #Segla - 3.55 #Boy - 2.50 #Oskuldens ögo...
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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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