1. The others were previous singles " Wide Boy ". 2. "Wide boys " is used humorously but now commonly to refer to Gaelic or Rugby Football. 3. The nearest English equivalent to the term " mangas " ( ) is wide boy , or spiv. 4. "' Wide boy "'is a British term for a man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. 5. In 2008 London Books republished " Wide Boys Never Work " as part of their London Books classics series. 6. In the 1980s, she managed the band Wide Boy Awake, in which her then-husband Kevin Mooney was a guitarist. 7. Craig and Sullivan together brought out several releases on Grayston's Fusion Records before becoming known as the Wide Boys . 8. It cost $ 1400, and like the original Wide Boy , it was only available to developers and the gaming press. 9. His usual persona was a stereotypical wartime " spiv ", and he became known as " The Prince of the Wide Boys ". 10. During his investigation he falls foul of Asian wide boy Ash Desai ( Manish Patel ) and added to this is the mystery of a missing cow.