Crossword-Solution: BOYO 4 letters, 16 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

One's pleasure in being described admiringly as "the ould boyo that's in it," is much diminished when one hears the same thing said bitterly of some slieveen who has filched a poor body's meal bag, or run off with a lone widdy woman's fowl.

Now Denis had been wounded in a battle somewhere out in India, and had been promoted sergeant--"and he but a young boyo so to spake"--and owned four medals, and stood six foot three in his stockings, and was as fine a figure of a man as you could wish to see, let alone his gorgeous scarlet uniform, which was a sight to behold; so if he was not a hero, get me one, as we say in Lisconnel.

And then I come to gloryland, and whom do I see there But little Boyo Browneyes and Billy Wirehair? Little Imps of Gloryland with great big eyes Follow me with questionings and laughter and surprise; Little cheeky pixie boys whom nothing can suppress, Whose pandects, codes and institutes are bound in mother's "Yes." When Uncle comes in Sunday clothes they clamour to be kissed, Black-currants sticking to each face and pancakes in each fist.

Old O’Dea, falling back to admire, suggested that he was the Boyo himself, the fine figure of a man, what there was of him.

The Sojer gave him a string of army curses an' up he jumps again an' after Jimmy--the boyo was within a few perch o' the wood an' he runnin' for the bare life an' never lookin' behind him--but the dickens a far Mister M'Keon went till the ram was up with him an' had him stretched on the grass the same as before, an' he cursin' for all he was worth.