noun
General Slang
dilly boy
· noun · polari
Polari for a male sex worker who plied his trade around Piccadilly Circus.
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Definitions
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A young male sex worker, specifically one working the Piccadilly Circus area of London — 'the Dilly'. A piece of very location-specific gay history baked right into the slang, from an era when that patch was the place.
“Back then the dilly boys all knew each other and watched each other's backs.”
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dilly boy In A Sentence
Back then the dilly boys all knew each other and watched each other's backs.
Origin & Usage
Polari, the British gay cant. 'The Dilly' was the nickname for Piccadilly Circus in London, a known pick-up spot for male prostitution through the mid-20th century — hence 'dilly boy'.
Variants
dilly boys
People Also Ask
What does dilly boy mean?
Dilly boy is Polari for a male sex worker who worked around Piccadilly Circus.
Where does the term dilly boy come from?
It comes from Polari slang, with 'dilly' short for Piccadilly, where these workers plied their trade.
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