Talk:Wide boy

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)

Or spreading hands, fanning out cards, manning stalls.--Jack Upland (talk) 19:50, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It says right at the start. Wide-awake, sharp witted. Chemical Engineer (talk) 20:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
 * 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)