Usually means: Slick, cunning trader; often dishonest.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word wide boy:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. wide boy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wide boy: Merriam-Webster
  3. wide boy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wide boy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wide-boy: Wordnik
  6. wide boy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. wide boy: Wiktionary
  8. Wide Boy (disambiguation), Wide Boy (film), Wide Boy (song), Wide Boy, Wide-boy, Wide boy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. wide boy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wide-boy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. wide boy: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing.

Similar:
wideboy, rent boy, Del Boy, boot boy, spiv, city boy, corner boy, bug boy, business boy, old boy, more...

Opposite:
narrow-minded, conservative, traditionalist

Adjectives:
blokey, zhoosh, bully, seg, keelie, squaddy, gamine, posho, la, boy, dolly

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Similar:
wideboy, rent boy, Del Boy, boot boy, spiv, city boy, corner boy, bug boy, business boy, old boy, more...

Opposite:
narrow-minded, conservative, traditionalist

Adjectives:
blokey, zhoosh, bully, seg, keelie, squaddy, gamine, posho, la, boy, dolly



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