Talk:big boys

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big boys[edit]

Plurale tantum sense. Seems redundant to {{plural of|big boy}} to me. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How are physical size and influence the same, or even close in meaning? DCDuring TALK 10:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
To put it another way, is this definition right, and right to be here, not under big boy? Mglovesfun (talk) 10:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am not familiar with the sense now presented as p.t. being used in the singular. It is certainly not close to the typical relative frequency of a singular. In my experience, the idiomatic "big boy" (close to "bad boy") is used in the plural normally, as the entry suggests. DCDuring TALK 11:16, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently resolved. - -sche 19:00, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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