homeboy

Example Sentences

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“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

Dave has created, with his Day 1 homeboy, some of the most celebrated music videos of the last decade and earned the bona fides to prove it.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

“It literally sounds like you’re watching the game, chillin’ with your homeboy from up the street.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2020

I was like I want to be Langston Hughes, and my homeboy in college, also named Jason, he was an artist and he was like "Yo, let's make a book."

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2019

“You’re still my homeboy, ain’t you?” he answers, drumming the wheel.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz