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city boy



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"He's this city boy in a small place," explained Locke.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2025

"So, it's sort of urban resort because... I'm a big city boy, but I'm a beach bum."

From Reuters Sep. 14, 2022

I am, by all accounts, a bona fide city boy now.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2021

A city boy raised in the capital, Seoul, Han followed his own meandering path from selling lead frames to farming shiitake mushrooms to the driver’s seat of this rural bus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2021

But I wasn’t going to let that no account city boy bury me alive.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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