little boy blue

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Definition of little boy blue in English English dictionary

a character in a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children) . He is a young boy who is dressed in blue and goes to sleep instead of taking care of the cows and sheep. The rhyme goes: Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,/The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn;/But where is the boy that looks after the sheep?/He's under a haycock, fast asleep

Hyphenation

lit·tle boy Blue

Turkish pronunciation

lîtıl boy blu

Pronunciation

/ˈlətəl ˈboi ˈblo͞o/ /ˈlɪtəl ˈbɔɪ ˈbluː/