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one of the boys

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one of the boys
someone who is accepted as part of a social group He tried to be one of the boys, but he just wasn't interested in sports.
Usage notes: usually used to refer to a group of men who are friends or who work together
See also: boy, one


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Strickland used to come here now and then to have a square meal or to play chess with one of the boys.
I will finish that battle by reading you what one of the boys says:
One of the boys was Buck, and the other was a slim young chap about nineteen years old.
 
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