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Wide boy

Wide boy is a British term for a man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it is synonymous with spiv. The word "wide" used in this sense means wide-awake or sharp-witted. It applies to the wide-lapelled suits and broad ties, commonly called kippers, after the similarly broad fish. The term was used in a…

Music, Musical references & Fictional portrayals

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Fictional portrayals

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Wide boy

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples57
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Wide boy

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related to Fictional portrayals · 20
Wide boy → Castle, Dad's Army, Del Boy, EastEnders, Elephant, Fictional, Flash Harry, Frank Butcher, Horses, Jim London, Only Fools, Private Walker, Round, St Trinian's, Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler, The, Up, Vincent Swan, White Gold
related to Musical references · 18
Wide boy → Act, Bright Lights Tonight, Earth, In Richard Thompson's, Kinks, Linda Thompson, Preservation, Ray Davies, Richard, Scum, See, Stand Up Comic, The, The Kinks, This, Thompson, Want, When
related to External links · 5
Wide boy → Archived, London Books, Martin Knight, Wayback Machine, Wide Boys Never Work
related to Other usage · 4
Wide boy → Association, Gaelic, Rugby Football, Wide
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Wide boy → British term for a man who lives by his wits

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Wide boyis aBritish term for a man who lives by his wits0.90text
Del Boy from Only Foolsinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Horsesinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Frank Butcher from EastEndersinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Private Walker from Dad's Armyinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Jim London from Up the Elephantinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Round the Castleinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Vincent Swan from White Goldinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
and Flash Harry from the St Trinian's filmsinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
all exemplify various wide boyinstance ofFictional portrayalsFictional wheeler-dealer characters0.80text
Wide boyrelated to External linksLondon Books0.60section
Wide boyrelated to External linksWide Boys Never Work0.60section

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