Talk:Wide boy

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Etymology

right, but what's the etymnology? where did the term origintate?

My thoughts exactly. Because they're hard to get past? In a kind of soccer sense?--Jack Upland (talk) 19:10, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Or spreading hands, fanning out cards, manning stalls.--Jack Upland (talk) 19:50, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It says right at the start. Wide-awake, sharp witted. Chemical Engineer (talk) 20:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Then it says wide lapels and ties! So which is it?
Kippers, not kipper’s 190.27.177.190 (talk) 15:53, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]