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Meanings of ploughboy in English

A boy who leads the animals that draw a plow.

Usage of ploughboy in English
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What's wrong in a ploughboy can't be right in a prince, Ranald.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
2
The ploughboy's whistle was heard in every field in harmony with the lark.
Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established
3
When the moment comes I shall hit out like any ploughboy.
The Longest Journey
4
There goes my Matthew in his ploughboy's smock across the fields.
His Grace of Osmonde / Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Lif...
5
Yet this ungainly ploughboy became a man whom to know was to admire.
Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's Wallet
6
There is nothing new to tempt the ploughboy's pennies-nothingfresh to stare at.
Nature Near London
7
I shouldn't get level with my father by being a ploughboy.
The Spinners
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The patriots who had applauded the ploughboy, cursed the capitalist.
The Honor of the Name
9
Youth is youth, whether in a ploughboy or a-Butmy tongue needs a gag.
Clementina
10
Because you needn't think I'm going to be a ploughboy.
The Spinners
11
I should as soon be proud of captivating a ploughboy!
The Virginians
12
At twenty Lacheneur was only a poor ploughboy in the service of the Sairmeuse family.
The Honor of the Name
13
We miss the soldier, to say nothing of "apothecary, ploughboy, thief."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
14
He would hit out at Mrs. Elliot like any ploughboy now that it had come.
The Longest Journey
15
As for marriage, I would sooner marry the first ploughboy I could find in the fields.
The Claverings
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The ploughboy there is happy, for he has no longings outside of his simple round life.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
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