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ploughboy

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ploughboy or esp (US) plowboy (ˈplaʊˌbɔɪ)

—n
1.	a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
2.	any country boy

plowboy or esp (US) plowboy

—n

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ploughboy
noun
a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow [syn: plowboy]

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