OLD BOY NETWORK meaning: Informal, exclusive male professional connections

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old boy network: Merriam-Webster
old-boy network, old boy network: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
old-boy network: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
old boy network: Collins English Dictionary
old boy network: Vocabulary.com
the old-boy network: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
old-boy network, old boy network: Wiktionary
old-boy network: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
old-boy network: Infoplease Dictionary
old-boy network, old boy network: Dictionary.com
Old boy network (Finland), Old boy network: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
old boy network: Rhymezone
old boy network: FreeDictionary.org
old boy network: Mnemonic Dictionary
old-boy network, old boy network: TheFreeDictionary.com

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old boy network: Medical dictionary

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A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
the old-boy network: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (old boy network)

▸ noun: (idiomatic) A presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism.

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