garden boy

noun

A male gardener (of any age).

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Meanings

noungarden boy (plural garden boys)

plural garden boys

  1. South AfricadatedA male gardener (of any age).

    So there are more garden boys. The two old faithfuls, John and Soufel, and one or two extra boys as they can be spared from the farm work: boys who come, receive instruction, and just when they begin to know a little, go away again.

    1933, R. E. Boddam-Whetham, A garden in the veld, page 126
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Chicago

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