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)
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Examples of old boy network
old boy network
Better a vocational degree in media studies than the old boy network favourites.
From the guardian.co.uk
Friends of mine tell me their bosses only promote from within the old-boy network.
From the forbes.com
The NBER is best described, I'd say, as the old-boy network of economics made flesh.
From the krugman.blogs.nytimes.com
We need to get away from the closed door, right school, old boy network we have now.
From the guardian.co.uk
More like simply lined up to climb on board the old boy network gravy chain.
From the guardian.co.uk
Your charm and savvy weigh in as you use the old-boy network to pull your life together.
From the sfgate.com
Think they need to be able to tap into the old-boy network to get a job?
From the time.com
Barring women from the school effectively curtails their access to that old-boy network.
From the time.com
The scene will change and young, less cynical people will move in, ousting the old-boy network.
From the newscientist.com
