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"poor boy" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to a boy in a disadvantaged or unfortunate situation. For example, "The poor boy had been on the streets since he was twelve."
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Oh, the poor, poor boy!
So what can a poor boy do?
What was a poor boy to do?
And this poor boy is being attacked by hundreds.
In any case, he was a very poor boy.
The poor boy isn't even good at basketball.
He was a poor boy who made good; had a huge chip on his shoulder.
Barnes was a poor boy who became a patent-medicine millionaire.
The poor boy cowers and wilts, and you can't blame him.
One told of a poor boy who grows up wishing for a little horse.
Jackling typifies America's favourite story that of a poor boy who becomes an industrial giant.
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