"person from one's hometown," 1940s, American English, black slang, also originally with overtones of "simpleton." With many variants (compare homebuddy, homeslice, both 1980s, with meaning shading toward "good friend"). The word had been used by Ruskin (1886) with the sense "stay-at-home male," and it was Canadian slang for "boy brought up in an orphanage or other institution" (1913).
双语例句
1. Homeboy Pete all dressed up to the nines.
家乡人皮特居然打扮得漂漂亮亮.
来自辞典例句
2. Then, inexplicably, Homeboy starts laughing and smiling at me. " Okay, you go now. No problem. "
