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homeboy

[hohm-boi] / ˈhoʊmˌbɔɪ /


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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

We attended the same middle school, lost touch during our high school years, and then reunited when she moved two doors down from me with her cousin, my homeboy.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2022

“Don’t accuse me of killing my homeboy, dude,” Cooley snapped at one of them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2021

“This is my homeboy, Red,” Shorty says, by way of introduction.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

But Black Twitter, combined with the people I followed from the bar, my homeboys from around the way I convinced to join, and Eastside-Westside Baltimore Twitta, made my experience complete.

From Salon May 6, 2022

“I just remember me and my homeboys getting in the car and going to down to Canal Street,” Mathieu said.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2022

But then one day Rick and one of his homeboys moseyed down to a local park where a man was holding tennis clinics.

From The New Yorker Mar. 4, 2019

"I've lost a lot of people in my life — homeboys, uncles, friends, family members. Losing her is a pain that's still there," Broadus says, his voice cracking with emotion.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2018

The homeboys hanging on the corners keep trying to step to Beatriz.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles




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