English Dictionary

dolly-boy

名詞

a toyboy; a gigolo / the person (e.g. an apprentice) tasked with holding a rivet dolly in an Australian World War 2 aircraft factory

日本語の意味

若い男性を遊び相手や恋愛関係の対象として扱う、いわゆるトイボーイやギゴロ。 / オーストラリアの第二次世界大戦時の航空機工場で、リベットドリーと呼ばれる工具を支える任務を持つ見習い作業員。

She introduced her dolly-boy to her friends, though none of them took him seriously.

彼女は友人たちに年下の恋人を紹介したが、誰も彼を真剣には受け止めなかった。

意味（1）

a toyboy; a gigolo

1988 : He meant, because of Wagner, though he can't have been unaware of the discreetly homosexual style of the whole place, the waiters in tails with long white aprons, the rich older men treating their bored and flirtatious young dolly-boys. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 118)

意味（2）

the person (e.g. an apprentice) tasked with holding a rivet dolly in an Australian World War 2 aircraft factory

dolly-boys （ plural ）