glory boy

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Noun

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glory boy (plural glory boys)

  1. (informal) A man who seeks fame.
    • 2011, Stephen Hunter, Dead Zero, page 168:
      “He's not a glory boy. He ain't looking to get his name in the papers, like some mall psycho,” said Bob.
    • 2012, Patricia Sitkin, Remembering Delphi County, page 91:
      He was a glory boy. Why else would he have spent three years studying the ritualized showing off that was theatre and then given it up when he realized he could be only a journeyman, never a master?
    • 2015, Gini Rifkin, Solace:
      Always a glory boy, Jones worked hard at keeping his name and accomplishments under the noses of the higher ups.