black boy

blackboy

/ (ˈblækˌbɔɪ) /

noun

another name for grass tree (def. 1)

Example sentences from the Web for black boy

  • He was a favorite with the Captain's black-boy, and upon thorough terms of equality with the Commanding General.

    Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, |George Alfred Townsend

  • Our beds were already made of black-boy tops, and, therefore we had nothing to do but await the hour of rest.

    The Bushman |Edward Wilson Landor

Cultural definitions for black boy

Black Boy

(1945) An autobiographical novel by the African-American author Richard Wright, portraying racial conflicts in the rural South.