poor boy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of submarine sandwich. US
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child.
    — Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:pauper

词形变化

poor boys plural

词源

Generally agreed to have originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 1920s; the explanation for exactly how the term arose is disputed, as discussed in Wikipedia at po' boy § Etymology.
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