# b'hoy

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A rough-and-tumble working-class young man in Lower Manhattan between the late 1840s and the American Civil War period.

## Etymology
Supposed to evoke an Irish pronunciation of boy.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/b-hoy