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Whiteboy
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A favorite.
(2):
(a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Whiteboy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/whiteboy.html. 1828.