Boys Town or Boy's Town or Boys' Town (Mexican brothels near Texas border)

Wed Aug 29 16:17:28 UTC 2007

On Aug 28, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Barry Popik wrote:

> Anyone remember a "boys town"? Not in OED?
> ...
> HDAS has "boys town" and it's "_Navy_, the junior officers'
> quarters on
> shipboard"? How do you speak to the editor of HDAS and invite him
> to Texas?
> ...
> ...
>
> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/
> boys_town_or_boys_town_zona_de_tolerancia_zona_roja_zona_rosa/...

then there's the gay usage, easily trackable on the web: the Boystown
neighborhood of Chicago and the gay village area of L.A., in particular.

arnold

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