"boyo" meaning in English

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        "A boy or lad."
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        "(Ireland) A boy or lad."
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          "ref": "1980, Tristan Jones, “Down the Old Kent Road”, in Adrift, Sheridan House, Inc, published 1992, →ISBN, page 73:",
          "text": "“Can’t get onboard the boat,” Dai finished for me. “Bloody typical, it is, boyo.”",
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          "ref": "1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 13:",
          "text": "“What brings you around, boyo?” Deane asked, offering Case a narrow bonbon wrapped in blue-and-white checked paper.",
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          "text": "‘This, er, initiator of polonium and lithium, would it be used in an anti-personnel bomb?’ he asked. ‘Oh yes, you could say so, boyo,’ replied the Welshman.",
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          "ref": "1995, Peter Ho Davies, “The Ugliest House in the World”, in The Ugliest House in the World: Stories, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2003, →ISBN, page 4:",
          "text": "A taff is a Welshman. Everyone in the doctors’ mess calls me taff or taffy. Mr Swain, the mortuary attendant, calls me boyo, especially during the rugby season when Wales lose badly.",
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          "ref": "2006, Francis Kerr Young, Hang on a Second!, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 210:",
          "text": "“You’re crazy boyo!” Taffy gaped at his shipmate’s rosy cheeks, their hugh brightened by the Canadian blasts. “Now, what in the bloody hell were you doing out there boyo?”",
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