Definition of wide boy

wide boy

• a small time street hood. English slang

  Last edited on Feb 09 2005. Submitted by Jay D. on Feb 09 2005.

noun

• young, fashionable, boisterous, streetwise male.

  Danny thinks he's great, king of the wide boys.

  Last edited on May 31 2004. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.

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