homeboy

Example Sentences

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I remember I was staying in Atlanta for a while and my homeboy got his teeth knocked out, his tooth got knocked out playing ball.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024

“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Indeed, over the years, the Israeli-American chef Alon Shaya has earned New Orleans homeboy status while slinging labneh and high-end hummus in the land of jambalaya and crawfish étouffée.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

“You can take the homeboy out the hood,” says Humilde, flashing his Cartier watch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2021

And to top it all off, he was trying hard to be sympathetic to me, his pretty normal, now really sad homeboy.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds