This is the real definition for a Sally Boy. It's the original definition used for a ship hand.
I'm sorry everyone, sally boy was not originally meant to mean a homosexual or an effeminate male. The word "Sally" came from the word salay. Salay boy is a cabin boy, steward, ship hand, etcetera. Their job is to help maintain the ship and assist each other (if there's more than one aboard the ship), the sailors (and pirate sailors), officers, cooks, the captain, any co-captains, and the first mate (who is also a co-captain). They also assisted the passengers on the ships as well.
The dress style back then may have seemed effeminate due to the time period and dress style at that time (prior to current dress style used by sailors in the merchant marines and other garb with by sailors from other localities). These boys (adolescents)/men (unless they were new to the job as an adolescent) were treated as men and respected as men for their jobs (no offense to the women, we all know the superstitions back then; unless a woman tricked or was allowed to trick the sailors and Captain ;) and became a Salay Boy). They are very important individuals on any ship.
The derogatory term that is used today, is from a difference in dialects. It's the clothing that I'd assume is the reason for the term being used to wrongly discriminate against someone and to treat someone badly due to being different by societies norms.
I'm sorry everyone, sally boy was not originally meant to mean a homosexual or an effeminate male. The word "Sally" came from the word salay. Salay boy is a cabin boy, steward, ship hand, etcetera. Their job is to help maintain the ship and assist each other (if there's more than one aboard the ship), the sailors (and pirate sailors), officers, cooks, the captain, any co-captains, and the first mate (who is also a co-captain). They also assisted the passengers on the ships as well.
The dress style back then may have seemed effeminate due to the time period and dress style at that time (prior to current dress style used by sailors in the merchant marines and other garb with by sailors from other localities). These boys (adolescents)/men (unless they were new to the job as an adolescent) were treated as men and respected as men for their jobs (no offense to the women, we all know the superstitions back then; unless a woman tricked or was allowed to trick the sailors and Captain ;) and became a Salay Boy). They are very important individuals on any ship.
The derogatory term that is used today, is from a difference in dialects. It's the clothing that I'd assume is the reason for the term being used to wrongly discriminate against someone and to treat someone badly due to being different by societies norms.
The Sally boy (salay boy) was sent to get aide for someone that is hurt and to look for someone who is missing on the ship they work on.
by Padraig81 August 21, 2023
Get the Sally Boymug. A boy who puts a lot of effort into his hair, clothes, etc... and has a lot of girls after him but has no interest in getting a girlfriend as he is usually too busy going “off roading” or doing other things with his guy friends.
(Girl) “I want to date (boy’s name) so bad but he is too much of a stolp boy and won’t even give me the time of day!” (Her friend) “you best move on, you’ll never get him..”
by Teecteec May 15, 2018
Get the stolp boymug. by Hatsboi February 24, 2020
Get the Hats Boimug. dogging the boys is a crime that occurs when one guy ditches or leaves his friends to do something else less important, like a woman or just some free time.
Bob: Hey you know Jim? He was dogging the boys last night!
Sam: For real? Lets beat that cunt up.
Bob: Yeah! lets roll that cunt.
Sam: For real? Lets beat that cunt up.
Bob: Yeah! lets roll that cunt.
by syuko19 July 16, 2021
Get the Dogging the boysmug. 
by @_.theylovekiana on ig February 5, 2021
Get the The Boysmug. Like a Fuck Boy but the opposite. Feck Boys normally don’t care for anything but vidya and normally only socialize with their dominant hand and their wee-wee.
by PurpleGradient February 8, 2021
Get the Feck Boymug.