old boy network

1. 1.

   an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)

   “professional women have developed an old boy network of their own”

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Questions about old boy network

What does old boy network mean?

old boy network means "an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)".

Is old boy network a common word?

old boy network is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.