2006-11-21 06:00:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The term Wide boy first appeared during the Second World War in the United Kingdom. Some enterprising people took it upon themselves to exploit rationing and do deals with American servicemen to supply locals with much needed luxuries like chocolate and nylons. Such characters were referred to as Wide boys. More recently it has come to mean anyone who flashes his material wealth around without any obvious means of getting it. Often associated with many forms of petty criminal behaviour. Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses, Flash Harry from the St Trinian's books and movies, Private Walker from Dad's Army and Arthur Daley from Minder are all fictional examples of the wide boy type.
2006-11-21 06:27:26 · answer #1 · answered by y 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WIDEBOY n. 1. Shady operator.
http://www.hps.com/~tpg/ukdict/index.php
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wide boy (plural wide boys) noun
U.K. clever unscrupulous man: a shrewd and rather unscrupulous man who makes his money in dishonest ways (informal )
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561511622/wide_boy.html
2006-11-21 14:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by dontknow 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
like del boy in fools and horses.a cockney wideboy. ducking and diving.
2006-11-21 14:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A wideboy's not thick he's wide.You dont get round him with any tricks,he's wise(wide)to them all.
2006-11-21 14:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by tallulaberry 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Spiv, Slick, Jack the Lad. Anything you need, he knows a man who knows a man, know what I mean? Ask no questions.... Maybe fell of the back of a lorry... Slip him a tenner and he'll see you're 'right, guv, no danger....
2006-11-21 14:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
slightly criminal, chancer - think DelBoy from Only Fools
2006-11-21 14:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
a streetwise con merchant,to be found in every local pub selling watches and stuff.
2006-11-21 14:03:05 · answer #7 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
an astute or wily person
2006-11-21 15:06:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
someone who has a wide or big fat co.ck
2006-11-21 14:03:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋