OLD BOY NETWORK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)

Example:

professional women have developed an old boy network of their own

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("old boy network" is a kind of...):

network; web (an interconnected system of things or people)

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