Meanings
plural poor boys
- USalternativeespecially the Deep SouthAlternative form of po' boy, a type of sandwich.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child.
Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:pauper
1 more example
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.
1975, Queen, Bohemian RhapsodySynonyms: bankrupt, beggar, indigent, insolvent, have not, lack-all, Lazarus, pauper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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poor boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20boy
“poor boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20boy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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