homeboy

Example Sentences

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If a friend put me in a situation that nearly destroyed my career, I’d stay as far away from homeboy as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

“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

"Where your homeboy work, the one that gets $190k a year?"

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2022

Indeed, over the years, the Israeli-American chef Alon Shaya has earned New Orleans homeboy status while slinging labneh and high-end hummus in the land of jambalaya and crawfish étouffée.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

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

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz