toy boy noun

(also toyboy) Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word

n [C] informal

Definition

a young man who is an older woman's lover or partner

Pam turned up at the Hampsons' party with her new toy boy.

(Definition of toy boy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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