Annotation - Chapter 14, Page 142
From Riddley Walker Annotations
- (142:14) "Iwd have to wait a nother year before I begun to man for my self becaws I ben boying on my 12th naming day"
In context it seems that Abel and Riddley use the word "boy" to imply sexual service: men do, boys are done to. When Riddley refers to children outside of the context of sex and power, he usually calls them "kids" instead.