Citations:pretty boy

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English citations of pretty boy

  • 1988, Evelyn Picon Garfield, Women's fiction from Latin America: selections from twelve contemporary authors[1]:
    A pretty boy doesn't commit suicide for a woman. I pity the women who fall for pretty boys." "Did you fall in love to prove it?" "God forbid. ...
  • 1998, Mirta Yáñez, Dick Cluster, Cindy Schuster, Cubana: contemporary fiction by Cuban women[2]:
    ... I woldn't even trade my own sad and insignificant one — for Alina's, her and that vain little pretty boy she got married to. He doesn't respect her. ...
  • 2004, Steven Seidman, Beyond the closet: the transformation of gay and lesbian life[3]:
    A lot of people call me pretty boy. But there's a big difference between being a pretty boy and being gay.
  • 2008, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Broadcast and internet indecency: defining free speech[4]:
    WINFREY: And so what does pre — so what does pretty boy mean? A pretty boy.
    Ms. BURFORD: Pretty boy is a sexually active boy, someone who's been fairly promiscuous.
Context is as used on the Oprah Winfrey Show, quoted in the book.