"area boy" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: area boy

Filed Under: English, Nigeria, Crime & Prisons

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents are the denizens of airport journalism—the act of ambushing travelling VIPs for soundbites and money. Yes, money, the way an “area boy” would do it.

Article or Document Title:
“Journalists For Cash”

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Tempo

Publishing Location:
Lagos, Nigeria

Date of Publication:
Aug. 18, 1999

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