(UK) A boy raised in a Barnardo's home (a charitable institution set up to care for orphaned, destitute or vulnerable children).
(UK) A boy raised in a Barnardo's home (a charitable institution set up to care for orphaned, destitute or vulnerable children).
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(UK, slang, derogatory, by extension) A financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.
(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
(British, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
(UK, dated) A boy or man who sells goods, especially fruits or vegetables, from a barrow; a costermonger.
A male child.