"glory boy" meaning in All languages combined

See glory boy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: glory boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} glory boy (plural glory boys)
  1. (informal) A man who seeks fame. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-glory_boy-en-noun-wHIhV-Ro Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "“He's not a glory boy. He ain't looking to get his name in the papers, like some mall psycho,” said Bob.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Patricia Sitkin, Remembering Delphi County, page 91:",
          "text": "He was a glory boy. Why else would he have spent three years studying the ritualized showing off that was theatre and then given it up when he realized he could be only a journeyman, never a master?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Gini Rifkin, Solace:",
          "text": "Always a glory boy, Jones worked hard at keeping his name and accomplishments under the noses of the higher ups.",
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        "(informal) A man who seeks fame."
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