Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a boy: “Say, ________, where’s the post office?”
SON | 267 |
SONNY | 233 |
YOUNG MAN | 120 |
BUDDY | 117 |
BOY | 110 |
KID | 69 |
FELLA | 47 |
YOUNG FELLA | 43 |
BUD | 37 |
NR | 30 |
LAD | 23 |
LITTLE BOY | 12 |
FELLOW | 9 |
MAN | 8 |
MISTER | 6 |
YOUNG FELLER | 6 |
YOUNG FELLOW | 6 |
BUB | 5 |
FRIEND | 5 |
PARDON ME | 5 |
SONNY BOY | 5 |
BROTHER | 4 |
HEY YOU | 4 |
SIR | 4 |
YOUNGSTER | 4 |
BUSTER | 3 |
EXCUSE ME | 3 |
JOHN | 3 |
JOHNNY | 3 |
KIDDO | 3 |
LADDIE | 3 |
MY FRIEND | 3 |
PAL | 3 |
SPORT | 3 |
CHARLEY | 2 |
FELLER | 2 |
HEY | 2 |
HEY BOY | 2 |
HONEY | 2 |
JOE | 2 |
LITTLE FELLA | 2 |
MAC | 2 |
PARDNER | 2 |
SHORTY | 2 |
YOU | 2 |
BILL | 1 |
BO | 1 |
BOOT-LICKER | 1 |
BUBBA | 1 |
BUBBY | 1 |
BUNK | 1 |
BUTCH | 1 |
CAT | 1 |
CHAP | 1 |
CHUM | 1 |
DUDE | 1 |
“EH, BRUDDA” | 1 |
GUY | 1 |
HEY BUDDY | 1 |
HEY FELLA | 1 |
HEY LADDIE | 1 |
HEY THERE | 1 |
HI BOY | 1 |
HI THERE | 1 |
HON | 1 |
HOT SHOT | 1 |
JACK | 1 |
LITTLE FELLER | 1 |
LITTLE FELLOW | 1 |
LITTLE FRIEND | 1 |
LITTLE MAN | 1 |
MATE | 1 |
MY LAD | 1 |
NO FORM OF ADDRESS | 1 |
OLD BOY | 1 |
PARD | 1 |
PARDON ME BUT | 1 |
SPROUT | 1 |
SWEETIE | 1 |
THERE | 1 |
TOM | 1 |
WHIPPERSNAPPER | 1 |
YOU BROTHER | 1 |
YOU THERE | 1 |
YOU YOUNGSTER | 1 |
YOUNG BOY | 1 |
YOUNG GUFFER | 1 |
YOUNG SPROUT | 1 |
YOUNG TROUPER | 1 |
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