phrase General Slang

valley boy

· phrase · welsh

A lad from the South Wales Valleys — Rhondda, Merthyr, Cynon, the lot.

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A young man from the South Wales Valleys — the old coal-mining belt running from Carmarthenshire across to Monmouthshire. Carries connotations of tight-knit community, rugby, choirs and a very specific lilting accent. Worn with pride by those who are one, sometimes used patronisingly by those who aren't.

“He's a Valley boy through and through — Treorchy born, Treorchy raised.”
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valley boy In A Sentence

He's a Valley boy through and through — Treorchy born, Treorchy raised.

Origin & Usage

Geographic: the South Wales Valleys are the industrialised river valleys that powered Britain's coal era.

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