old boy network

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)A presumedunacknowledgedsystem ofassociationbetweenchildhood friends(especially those at school or university together), used for mutualassistanceorfavouritism.Synonym:good old boy network2007, Tim Weiner,Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published2008, page 7:His hiring and promotion of senior officers rested not on merit but on anold-boy networkof connections from Wall Street and the Social Register.1982April 10, David Morris, “Highly Segregated”, inGay Community News, page 2:Another BWMT member said bars have no open advertising for bartenders and noaffirmative actionpolicy. He said bars hire "young, good looking white men" through an "old-boy network."

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